| Description |
xiii, 301 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-294) and index. |
| Contents |
Lifelong learning : the Duke experience -- Reentry women in the academy : the contributions of a feminist perspective -- Women and the politics of knowledge -- What does it mean to be an educated person? : voices from the Duke experience -- Why do we need women's studies? : questions from students in the 1980s -- The necessity of women's studies in a liberal arts education -- How the inquiry into women's studies grew -- Understanding women's diversities and commonalities -- "Just an experiment for my women's studies class" : female students and the culture of gender -- Assessing curriculum transformation through student observations -- Finding a voice, taking a position : documenting learning in women's studies -- Getting into the conversation : feminist thought and the transformation of knowledge -- What is it like to edit Signs? -- Educating beyond the walls : the politics of influence and fundraising for women's studies -- Things you can never prove in court, things the human psyche never misses -- Rethinking teaching and learning : the "we-they" dichotomy -- Women's studies as a discipline." |
| Provenance |
Gift of Dr. Judith L. Johnston |
| Subject |
Women's studies -- United States.
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Women's studies. |
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United States. |
| Other Form: |
Online version: O'Barr, Jean F. Feminism in action. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1994 (OCoLC)654667559 |
| ISBN |
0807821292 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780807821299 cloth alkaline paper |
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080784439X paperback alkaline paper |
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9780807844397 paperback alkaline paper |
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