The evolution of American women's studies
Subtitle: reflections on triumphs, controversies and change
By: edited by Alice E. Ginsberg.
Contributors: Ginsberg, Alice E.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Women's studies -- History; Feminism
Description: "This book offers reflections by well known women's studies scholars, tracing their diverse experiences in the classroom and in the university over a forty-year span. The field of Women's Studies has changed dramatically since its first introduction into the University. The reflections in this book address the many questions that have been raised about women's studies over the years, including: whether women's studies should be considered a "discipline" given its inherently inter-disciplinary nature; how to address differences among women; what is the role of males in the study of gender; and many others."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: A personal and epistemological journey towards women's studies / Margaret Smith Crocco; title: Gender at the center : the making of an educator / Joan Poliner Shapiro; title: Women studies the early years : when sisterhood was powerful / Paula Rothenberg; title: What took me so long? : a well-behaved woman finds women's studies / Jill McLean Taylor; title: Women's studies : a view from the margins / Beverly Guy-Sheftall; title: On being a pre-feminist feminist or how I came to women's studies and what I did there / Evelyn Torton Beck; title: Women's studies, systems of oppression and privilege, and cultivating accountability / Ann Russo; title: My life and work in women's studies (now gender studies) / Judith Lorber; title: Continuity and change in women's studies programs : one step forward, two steps backward / C. Alejandra Elenes; title: Women's studies, health, and science : evolution from separation to the beginnings of integration / Sue V. Rosser; title: Reflections on a feminist career / Nancy A. Naples; title: What year is it? / Jean Fox O'Barr.