Alice E. Ginsberg

The Evolution of American Women's Studies

Reflections on Triumphs, Controversies, and Change

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the evolutions of American Women's Studies from its first entry into the academy in the 1960s and 1970s to present day politics and programs. These dramatic changes naturally mirror larger changes in both American and academic politics, culture, and history. Over these years, every aspect of the field has been questioned and debated. This book opens with an exploration of evolutions in Women's Studies as they occurred chronologically. Next are reflective essays written by influential Women's Studies scholars, addressing their actual experiences in the feminist movement and in the Women's Studies classroom, through a range of political debates about the very nature of feminism and Women's Studies. They question Women's Studies' right to exist, as well as where it stands within the university disciplinary structure. They also look at what should be its primary goals, and consider whether or not the field should be for women about women, or about gender, suggesting, among other things, that men need to be an integral part of Women's Studies theory, research, and analysis.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-27030-6
• 2008
• Seitenzahl: 239
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 315g
• ISBN-13: 9781137270306
• ISBN-10: 1137270306
• Artikelnr.: 35428738

Autorenporträt

ALICE E. GINSBERG is the author of Gender in Urban Education: Strategies for Student Achievement (2005) and Gender and Educational Philanthropy (Palgrave, 2007) and is currently an independent education consultant.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword; A.Kimmich Introduction; A.E.Ginsberg Women's Studies 1970's to the 21st Century; A.E.Ginsberg A Personal and Epistemological Journey Towards Women's Studies; M.Smith Crocco Women's Studies: A View From the Margins; B.Guy-Sheftall Women Studies The Early Years: When Sisterhood was Powerful; P.Rothenberg What Took Me So Long?: A Well-Behaved Woman Finds Women's Studies; J.McLean Taylor Gender at the Center: The Making of an Educator; J oan Poliner Shapiro On Being a Pre-Feminist Feminist OR How I Came to Women's Studies and What I Did There; E.Torton Beck Women's Studies, Systems of Oppression and Privilege, and Cultivating Accountability; A.Russo My Life and Work in Women's Studies (Now Gender Studies); J.Lorber Continuity and Change in Women's Studies Programs: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward; C.Alejandra Elenes Women's Studies, Health, and Science: Evolution from Separation to the Beginnings of Integration; S.V.Rosser Reflections on a Feminist Career; N.A.Naples What Year Is It?; J.Fox O'Barr