A Journey Into Women's Studies

Crossing Interdisciplinary Boundaries
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-48437-9
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 343 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 422 g

Reihe: Gender, Development and Social Change

The present book is a journey of many women across the world who have struggled to give women's studies visibility. Drawing upon the contributors' diverse experiences and concerns, it explores the metamorphosis of women's studies from the early days to date.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pande, R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction PART I: CROSSING INTERDISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES 1. From the Ground Up; Cynthia Enloe 2. My Women's Studies Journey; Maithreyi Krishnaraj 3. Reclaiming my Education: A Passage to Consciousness; Nawar Al-Hassan Golley 4. Oppositional Imaginations: Multiple Lineages of feminist Scholarship; Uma Chakravarti 5. From Feminist Activist to Professor; Drude Dahlerup 6. My Tryst with Women's Studies; Rekha Pande PART II: ARTICULATING REGIONAL EXPERIENCES 7. Being a Woman and doing Gender in Sweden; Anita Nyberg 8. Mainstreaming Women's Studies in Higher Education – The Case of Vietnam; Thai thi Ngoc Du 9. My Journey in Chinese Women's Studies; Paul S. Ropp 10. Feminism and Women's Studies in Japan; Ronni Alexander 11. Working on the History of Chinese Women: My Story; Clara Wing-chung Ho 12. Feminism, Women's Studies and the Women's Movement in Canada: Two Canadian Perspectives; Marilyn Porter and Caroline Andrew PART III: TRANSNATIONAL AND DIASPORIC EXPERIENCES 13. Learning from Women for Women; Tahera Aftab 14. My Life before and after Women's Studies- Insook; Myongji University 15. A Personal Odyssey toward 'Feminist Curiosity';Hülya Adak 16. The Personal is (still) Political: Feminist Reflections on a Transformative Journey; Simona Sharoni 17. State Feminism, Feminists and Women's Studies in Sweden; Mona Eliasson 18. My Life and Women's Studies; Geraldine Forbes

Über Autor(innen)

Cynthia Enloe, Clark University in Worcester, USA

Maithreyi Krishnaraj, SNDT University, India

Nawar Al-Hassan Golley, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Uma Chakravarti, (Retd.) Delhi University, India

Drude Dahlerup, University of Stockholm, Sweden

Anita Nyberg, Stockholm University, Sweden

Thai thi Ngoc Du, Hoa Sen University, Vietnam

Paul S. Ropp, Clark University, USA

Ronni Alexander, Kobe University, Japan

Clara Wing-chung Ho, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Marilyn Porter, Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada

Caroline Andrew, University of Ottawa, Canada

Tahera Aftab, (Retd.) University of Karachi, Pakistan

Insook, Myongji University, South Korea

Hülya Adak, Sabanc? University, Turkey

Simona Sharoni, SUNY Plattsburgh, USA

Mona Eliasson, Gavle University, Sweden

Geraldine Forbes, State University of New York Oswego, USA