Not drowning but waving
Subtitle: women, feminism and the liberal arts
By: edited by Susan Brown ... [et al.].
Publisher: University of Alberta Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Edmonton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 472
ISBN-13: 9780888645500
Subjects: Femmes en sciences humaines; Femmes dans l'enseignement supérieur; Feminism and higher education; Women in the humanities; Women in higher education; Féminisme et enseignement supérieur
Description: "Not Drowning But Waving...gestures both at the difficulties faced by feminists in the humanities in Canada and at the possibilities of hope, of new 'waves' of feminism." Twenty-two essays explore topics such as feminism in the liberal arts disciplines; the relationship of the liberal arts to the larger university; the costs and rewards for women in administration; the corporatization of university campuses; intergenerational and transcultural tensions within feminist communities; balancing personal life with professional aspirations; the relationship of feminism to cultural studies; women, social justice, and the liberal arts. Not Drowning But Waving is a welcome progress report on the variety of feminisms at work in academe and beyond. It provides crucial insights for university administrators, faculty, and literate non-specialists interested in the Arts and Humanities."--pub. desc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also issued in electronic formats.
Table of contents: title: 8. What I Learned in Deanland, Or The Adventures of a (Female) Associate Dean Christine Overall; title: 9. Western Feminism, the Multicultural; title: University, and Institutional Branding Lessons for Libertarians Now, Len Findlay; title: 10. Desperately Seeking Equity; title: Systemic Discrimination and the Canada Research Chairs Program, Louise Forsyth; title: Waving; title: 11. Drowning in Bathtubs; title: Temptation and Terror, Aritha van Herk; title: History; title: Temporality; title: Generations; title: 12. Postsecondary Pyramid; title: Equity Audit 2010; title: 13. Waves, Tangles, Archaeologies, and Loops; title: Historicizing the Second Wave of the Women's Movement, Tessa Elizabeth Jordan and Jo-Ann Wallace; title: 14. A Vindication and the Imperative of History; title: Reviving Wollstonecraft for Future Feminisms, Katherine Binhammer and Ann B. Shteir