Knowing Feminisms

On Academic Borders, Territories and Tribes

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

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Knowing Feminisms looks at feminism as a vital source of new knowledge and new ways of working throughout a range of disciplines. It also scrutinizes the sometimes highly problematic forms its presence within academia can take. The contributors, all well-known feminist academics, discuss the epistemological and ontological `borderlands' that feminisms inhabit, which although within, still remain `other' to, the academy.

The book addresses fundamentally important questions such as: Should feminists work within traditional disciplines or abandon them in favour of Women's Studies? Is the idea of feminist pedagogy as `empowerment' actually one which de-skills? Does the feminist transformation of some academic disciplines signify that these are no longer significant sites of knowledge and/or power? Do the essential organizational features of disciplines and institutions depend upon repressive means, or is it possible to transform these according to feminist principles? Are some disciplines and types of institutions particularly resistant to feminist ideas? Is an intellectual `home' for feminism ever possible or desirable within academia, or is critical thinking best done from the margins? Can Women's Studies as an organizational presence within the university encompass dissenting positions on these foundational questions, or will it contain and control what can be said and by whom?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1997-03-10
Mått156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
Upplaga1
FörlagSAGE Publications
ISBN9780803975415

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Liz Stanley is Director of Women′s Studies and Reader in Sociology at the University of Manchester. Her recent books include: The Auto/Biographical I : The Theory and Practice of Feminist Auto/Biography (Manchester University Press, 1992); Debates in Sociology (with David Morgan, Manchester University Press, 1992); Breaking Out Again: Feminist Ontology and Epistemology (with Sue Wise, Routledge, 1993) and Sex Surveyed 1949-1994 (Taylor and Francis, 1995). An edited collection, Borderlands: Feminisms in the Academy will be published by SAGE during 1996. Liz Stanley is also the editor of the journal Auto/Biography and co-editor of the new online web journal Sociological Research Online.CONTRIBUTORSJohanna Alberti Open University Northern Region Newcastle upon TyneCarol Brown University of SurreyChris Corrin University of GlasgowKathy Davis University of UtrechtMary Evans University of KentElaine Graham University of ManchesterUma Kothari University of ManchesterGina Mercer James Cook University Townsville AustraliaAngela Montgomery Northumbria Probational ServiceJean Orr Queens University BelfastAnne Seller University of KentAilbhe Smyth University College DublinSue Wilkinson University of LoughboroughSue Wise University of Lancaster

IntroductionOn Academic Borders, Territories, Tribes and KnowledgesWhose Women′s Studies? Whose Philosophy? Whose Borderland? - Anne SellerFeminist Pedagogy to the Letter - Gina MercerA Musing on ContradictionsNegotiating the Frontier - Mary EvansWomen and Resistance in the Contemporary AcademyIn Law and Outlaw? The Tale of a Journey - Angela MontgomeryNursing the Academy - Jean OrrBordering on Change - Chris CorrinStill Seeking Transformation - Sue WilkinsonFeminist Challenges to PsychologyFeminist Theology - Elaine GrahamMyth, Mystery or Monster?What Are Feminist Academics For? - Sue WiseDancing between Hemispheres - Carol BrownNegotiating Routes for the Dancer-AcademicA Fantasy of Belonging? - Johanna AlbertiIdentity and Representation - Uma KothariExperiences of Teaching a Neo-Colonial DisciplineBorderline Crosstalk - Ailbhe SmythWriting the Borders - Liz StanleyEpisodic and Theoretic Thoughts on Not/BelongingWhat′s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? The Ambivalences of Professional Feminism - Kathy DavisKnowing Feminisms and Passing WomenA Conclusion

`Knowing Feminisms is an analysis of the complex relationship of the feminist academic with her profession... This book is an excellent compilation of feminist critiques from the standpoint of women in seven academic disciplines′ - NWSA Journal `Stanley′s collection aims to avert the feminist gaze away from those "others" who are its subject matter, "and a little towards this `gaze′ itself, to the process of knowledge production"... a necessary read′ - Feminist Magazine