Critical Qualitative Methodologies in Gender and Sexuality

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'Critical Qualitative Methodologies in Gender and Sexuality is an important, timely, provocative, and deeply needed contribution to qualitative research. This collection pushes qualitative inquiry to consider genders and sexualities in more expansive, intentionally justice-oriented ways, centering diversities of positionalities, communities, ethical engagements, and methodological imaginations. In a moment when communities and approaches that expand understandings of genders and sexualities are censored and attacked, this collection's conceptual re-(en)visionings, community-engaged praxes, and artful possibilities will inspire and empower novice and advanced researchers to think, teach, learn, and research more boldly.'

Stephanie Anne Shelton, Associate Professor, Qualitative Research Methodologies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

'This book feels like an invitation into community, gathering scholars who tend to the world with tenderness and conviction. Their chapters offer critical qualitative work that is politically urgent and relationally grounded, charting pathways for research that nourishes, resists, and insists on thriving in the face of erasure. Critical Qualitative Methodologies in Gender and Sexuality affirms that inquiry remains a space of solidarity, a ground for imagining alternative futures, and a practice of collective hope that makes transformative work possible.'

Lorien Jordan, Assistant Professor, Measurement and Research, University of South Florida

'Critical Qualitative Methodologies in Gender and Sexuality: Key Concepts offers an important collection that responds to persistent challenges faced by equity- and justice-focused scholarship. Editors Flint, Alvarez-Hernandez, Copple, Sweet, and Toledo bring together work that reexamines how critical qualitative inquiry is defined, practiced, and taught within studies of gender and sexuality.

The chapters take up questions about canon, methodology, and knowledge production, offering approaches that foreground the lived realities and epistemologies of marginalized community members. From feminist craft practices that honor slow, embodied methods, to community-based approaches that co-construct knowledge within and for marginalized communities, contributors show how qualitative research can generate meaningful change.

This collection serves as a powerful guide for scholars and practitioners who seek to engage critical qualitative inquiry in ways that are reflective, reflexive, and open to possibility. It is a valuable resource for those committed to rethinking how knowledge is made and how research can shape more just futures.'

Amber Ward, Florida State University, Pearl Tyner Associate Professor of Art Education

'This book is a timely reminder of why critical methodological work is critical, particularly in this current moment. Here, you will find a diverse collection of contributors at various career stages who thoughtfully (and creatively) re-envision inquiry toward inclusive, reflexive, and socially just practices. A must read for gender and sexuality qualitative scholars!'

Kelly W. Guyotte, Associate Professor of Qualitative Research, The University of Alabama

'This edited volume ushers in the next generation of critical qualitative methodology. The volume is grounded on values that highlight emerging and established scholars who engage in critical methodology that redefine epistemological and ontological realities while generating and centering responsive methodological work. In so doing, the book articulates a thoughtful, visionary, and ethical practice of critical qualitative methodology for the present and futures to come. Both established scholars in critical qualitative methodology and scholars looking for like-minded scholars will find thought partners in this insightful text. It is also a must read for qualitative instructors looking to diversify their course readings. Critical Qualitative Methodologies in Gender and Sexuality: Key Concepts is a remarkable contribution to the field.'

Susan Nordstrom, Associate Professor of Qualitative Research, The University of Alabama

'Critical Qualitative Methodologies in Gender and Sexuality is an integral contribution for helping new and seasoned scholars understand and expand what counts as critical qualitative approaches. The text traces the evolution of methodological and theoretical lineages, attending not only to where we have been but also to the beautiful futures we are imagining. In a moment when our work often feels silenced and threatened, the collection reads as both a love letter and a rallying cry for critical qualitative research on gender, sexuality, race, and liberation. Each chapter offers a collective story and a shared belief that critical qualitative work is more than methodology; it is also care, creativity, resistance, and possibility, especially now. This is a text that stays with you and one that you will revisit often, as it reminds us that critical qualitative inquiry is how we fight back, imagine differently, and build new worlds. If the goal is to leave readers inspired, each chapter of the book delivers masterfully.'

Roshaunda Breeden, Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development, North Carolina State University, USA.

'This is an inspiring and necessary collection of work--for research in gender and sexuality and beyond--that challenges status quo practices and lineages of qualitative inquiry by embodying critical approaches that are boundary-pushing and forward-looking. What stands out to me is a throughline of inquiry situated in and responsive to networks of interdependency, where collective and collaborative processes become crucial for transformation. A provocative and diverse collection that spans from experimental concepts to practice-based examples to arts-based methodologies!'

Christina Hanawalt, Associate Professor of Art Education, University of Georgia

'Flint and colleagues offer a much-needed collection of refreshing chapters about what it means to do critical qualitative research today, redefining the term especially as it relates to gender and sexuality studies. What's impressive about this collection is the diverse range of methodologies, contexts, and theories utlized to update all of us on importance of conducting humanizing research in the areas of gender and sexuality. The focus on an ethics of care, feminist studies, and equity will make this book essential reading for both newcomers to the field as well as for seasoned scholars. This book will be useful for scholars and practitioners for many years to come.'

David Lee Carlson, Professor of Qualitative Inquiry and Curriculum Studies, Arizona State University

'Regardless of one's level of experience or specific discipline, this innovative and inclusive volume on critical qualitative methodologies is a timely must-read! With reflexivity, humility, and creativity at its core, the editors have curated a groundbreaking collection that reimagines the study of gender and sexuality by challenging essentialist frameworks and creating space for new and transformative qualitative inquiry and praxis.'

J. Maria Bermudez, Associate Professor of Couple and Family Therapy, The University of Georgia.

'This beautiful and powerful methodological collection includes an array of scholarship and voices from scholars who have various genders and sexualities, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and linguistic and literacies repertoires. The confluence of these diverse voices also foregrounds position, subjectivity, and relationality, and the scholars did a beautiful job of illustrating how to do so thoughtfully, critically, and unapologetically. I'm ecstatic to use this book in my qualitative methods course and research groups, as I believe it will (re)shape the field for generations to come.'

Tairan Qiu, Assistant Professor of English Language Arts and Literacy Education, Stanford University.

'This edited book Critical Qualitative Methodologies in Gender and Sexuality: Key Concept is a welcomed text for qualitative researchers and students that achieves the rare feat of showing, through examples, and explaining, through theory. The sixteen chapter authors effectively use their research experiences to demonstrate how they explored gender and sexuality in their respective studies. The book is cutting edge in the research methodologies presented, accessible, concise, yet, thorough in its scope. Bravo!'

Juanita Johnson Bailey, Centennial Professor in Women's Studies and Professor of Adult Education, Department of Lifelong Education, Administration & Policy, The University of Georgia.