1st Edition
Making Connections Women's Studies, Women's Movements, Women's Lives
228 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
228 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
228 Pages
by
Taylor & Francis
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First Published in 1993. This is a wide-ranging collection of essays bringing together contributions which address key issues and debates in contemporary women's studies and feminism. The variety of feminist identities and perspectives which emerge from these pages reveals the extent to which the diversities of women's experiences continue to reshape feminist knowledge and politics. A recurrent... Read more
Introduction: Making Connections: Women’s Studies, Women’s Movements, Women’s Lives, Section I. Identities and Feminisms, Chapter 1. Beyond Difference: Women and Coalition Politics, Chapter 2. Between Feminism and Orientalism, Chapter 3. The Precariousness of Heterosexual Feminist Identities, Section II. Redefining Knowledge, Chapter 4. Love and Romance as Objects of Feminist Knowledge, Chapter 5. In God’s Image or in Man’s Image: A Critique of Patriarchy in Christian Theology, Chapter 6. Layers of Difference: The Significance of a Self-Reflexive Research Practice for a Feminist Epistemological Project, Chapter 7. ‘Backlash’ in Historical Context, Section III. Feminist Research and Education, Chapter 8. Researching Adolescent Girls’ Perceptions of Unwanted Sexual Attention
Biography
Mary Kennedy is Senior Lecturer in Women's Studies in the Centre for Extra Mural Studies at Birbeck College London., Cathy Lubelska is Principal Lecturer in Social History and Women's Studies at the University of Central Lancashire. Val Walsh has just left her post as Course Leader for Communication Studies, Convener for new Women's Studies degree programme. She is now a freelance writer, researcher and consultant.
