Explores the issues of violence, sexuality, political activity, popular culture, and also the impact of race, class, sexual orientation and age. The book focuses on the dynamics of doing research, rather than engaging in a theoretical discussion about research techniques.

Methods, Practice and Epistemology: The Debate about Feminism and Research, Mary Maynard; Researching Women's Lives or Studying Women's Oppression? Reflections on what Constitutes Feminist Research, Liz Kelly, Sheila Burton and Linda Regan; Practising Feminist Research: The Intersections of Gender and Race in the Research Process, Ann Phoenix; Situating the Production of Feminist Ethnography, Beverley Skeggs; Dancing with Denial: Researching Women and Questioning Men, Elizabeth Stanko; Sensuous Sapphires: A Study of the Social Construction of Black Female Sexuality, Annecka Marshall; Coming to Conclusions: Power and Interpretation in Researching Young Women's Sexuality, Janet Holland and Caroline Ramazanoglu; The Work of Knowledge and the Knowledge of Women's Work, Miriam Glucksmann; Doing Feminist Women's History: Researching the Lives of Women in the Suffragette Movement in Edwardian England, June Purvis.