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"Rethinking Women's and Gender Studies re-examines the field's foundational assumptions by identifying and critically analyzing eighteen of its key terms. Each essay investigates a single term (e.g., feminism, interdisciplinarity, intersectionality) by asking how it has come to …
Preface: this book and how to use it -- Starting from scratch -- Setting goals: why teach women's, gender, or sexuality history? -- Choosing a focus and a title: women, gender, or sexuality? -- Organizing material: chronological and thematic approaches -- Incorporating key issue…
A Primer for Teaching Women, Gender, and Sexuality in World History is a guide for college and high school teachers who are teaching women, gender, and sexuality in history for the first time, for experienced teachers who want to reinvigorate their courses, for those who are tra…
In the patriarchal halls of 1970s academe, women who spoke their minds risked their careers. Yet intrepid women--students, faculty, administrators, members of the community--persisted in collaborating to form women's studies. In doing so, they created a movement that altered cur…
A collection of essays by women who broke the ground to studying the condition of women in society.
"In engaging and provocative style, bell hooks introduces a popular theory of feminism rooted in common sense and the wisdom of experience. Hers is a vision of a beloved community that appeals to all those committed to equality, mutual respect, and justice. hooks applies her cri…
"This stimulating collection of essays in an autobiographical framework spans the period from 1963 to the present. It encompasses Gerda Lerner's theoretical writing and her organizational work in transforming the history profession and in establishing Women's History as a mainst…
"This stimulating collection of essays in an autobiographical framework spans the period from 1963 to the present. It encompasses Gerda Lerner's theoretical writing and her organizational work in transforming the history profession and in establishing Women's History as a mainst…
Introducing gender and women's studies
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"Women's Studies: Essential Readings provides a comprehensive selection of over 140 readings in women's studies, representing the diversity of current feminist thinking. The collection introduces readers to the work of many influential thinkers in women's studies, and allows the…
Women's and gender studies in India: crossings
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This book frames the major debates and contemporary issues in women's and gender studies in India. It locates them in the context of key theories, their interlinkages, and significant crossings and overlaps within the field while juxtaposing feminist and queer perspectives. The …