Rethinking Women's and Gender Studies
"This thoughtful new book takes up and interrogates anew a range of terms that have been central to Women’s and Gender Studies, which the authors argue have sometimes been adopted without adequate reflection on their meaning. Contributing authors offer focused meditations on particular concepts—from "foundational assumptions" like "feminism" to more recently contested concepts like "transnational"—with the editors including provocative questions throughout the volume to open up conversation about the possibilities these terms evoke or foreclose. The result is a critical addition to the bookshelf of anyone seriously considering the current state and future course of Women’s and Gender Studies....Blending history, reflection, and analysis, the volume invites and even impels readers to engage with the vocabulary of Women’s and Gender Studies in new and refreshing ways—an activity sure to be of great value to new students and seasoned practitioners alike."- On Campus with Women"InRethinking Women’s and Gender Studies, Orr, Braithwaite, and Lichtenstein have overseen the publication of a stylish, informative volume, characterized by a wonderfully simple structure. […] The result is a fresh and lively work that never feels overly didactic or prescriptive. So much thought has gone into making this an accessible and readable text that even the table of contents is a delight."- Emma L. E. Rees, University of Chester, UK, in Women’s Studies Quarterly"The anthology [...] offers an up-to-date examination of the central concepts of self-/attribution in Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) in the context of the current restructuring of universities – such as, methods, pedagogy, community, discipline, and institutionalization." -Jennifer Bühner, querelles-net