Never A Dull Moment: Teaching and the Art of Performance (Feminism Takes Center Stage)
Few college professors can match Felman's flair in the  classroom. A professor at Brandeis whose books include Cravings:  A Sensual Memoir, she teaches such classes as "Blacks and Jews,"  "Reading and Writing Autobiography," and "Introduction to  Women's Studies" but is also a performance artist with her own  one-woman show. Felman effectively brings this expertise to her  classroom, which is usually filled to capacity. Through her own  "performance," she actively engages her students in the learning  process and creates an atmosphere in which intimacy between  students and a strong teacher-student bond develop. Students  leaving a "normal" college class may talk about what was just  learned, but according to one student, those leaving Felman's  sessions are more apt to talk about how they feel. In this  collection of essays, Felman reveals how she helps her students  understand the "big picture" and how she teaches them to  transform themselves while discarding the distorted views they  may have about others. And although she discusses the present  state of academia in great detail, she also discusses social  structure, covering topics such as feminism, gender and racial  biases, and sexual orientation. A good addition to most  libraries. Terry Christner, Hutchinson P.L., KSCopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.