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The Emerald Guide to Ann Oakley offers a comprehensive guide to reading and understanding the development of Oakley's sociological ideas, placing them in the context of her life and her ground-breaking research into domestic and gender sociology.
Ann Oakley delved into researching gender disparities, challenging prevailing ideas by distinguishing between sex and gender. Influenced by personal experiences, she questioned societal norms around marriage, motherhood, and gender roles. This volume takes a chronological and biographical approach in illustrating the development of Oakley's ideas and interests over the course of her career and personal experience exploring the challenges of societal gender dynamics.
Essential reading for students and those new to Oakley's work, The Emerald Guide to Ann Oakley is a readable, clear, and comprehensive overview of her work, conveying her deep influence on contemporary social thought.
Graham Crow beautifully illuminates the personal, political, intellectual and creative tapestry of Ann Oakley's extensive and wide-ranging work and legacy. A real delight.
— Gayle Letherby, Visiting Professor Universities of Plymouth, Greenwich and Bath
A revealing and fascinating analysis of Ann Oakley's work which shows the links between the personal and the political and how both contributed to an extremely important contribution to feminist sociology.
— Nickie Charles, Professor and Co-Director of the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick
Graham Crow’s intellectual biography of Ann Oakley provides an accessible and insightful account of her key conceptual, methodological, and policy-relevant contributions across the course of Oakley’s long career. It is essential reading for those who may be unaware of the breadth of her ambitious and agenda-setting contributions to what and how we know about the social world. Crow’s deeply informed account manages the task of reviewing Oakley’s pre-occupations and extensive outputs, and placing them in the context of an assessment of wider academic and social shifts and movements. It is a skilful introduction to the woman and her work.
— Ros Edwards, Professor of Sociology, University of Southampton
The Emerald Guide to Ann Oakley is very informative. It has really helped me develop my understanding of several key areas of sociology including gender socialisation, education and qualitative research methods
— Ruby McCann, A level student
This work stands as a fitting tribute to a pioneer of feminist sociology. It not only demonstrates the evolution of Oakley’s thought but also highlights the ongoing relevance of her ideas in contemporary debates about gender, evidence and research ethics. For students, researchers and policy-makers interested in feminist theory and the sociology of knowledge, Crow’s book offers an engaging and informative portrait of one of the field’s most influential voices.
— Shweta Tripathi, Banaras Hindu University, India in BSA Network Issue 152
Graham Crow is Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Methodology at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He was also Deputy Director of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and was awarded the BSA Distinguished Service Award in 2021. His interests include the sociology of community and research methodology.
Chapter 1. Ann Oakley’s ideas in context
Chapter 2. Ann Oakley’s life and career
Chapter 3. Gender, housework and motherhood
Chapter 4. Quantitative and qualitative methods
Chapter 5. Policy relevance and accumulated knowledge
Chapter 6. Historical biographical research
Chapter 7. Autobiography, interviews, novels, poetry and essays
Chapter 8. Ann Oakley’s legacy
Appendix 1. Ann Oakley’s publications
Appendix 2. Sources and further reading