Reconsidering Knowledge: Feminism and the Academy - Luxton, Meg; Mossman, Mary Jane

Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; How has feminist thinking shaped what we know? This book examines current ideas about feminism in relation to knowledge, education and society, and the future potential for feminist research and teaching in the university context. Connecting early stories of women who defied their exclusion from knowledge creation to contemporary challenges for feminism in universities, this collection assesses how feminist knowledge has influenced dominant thinking and transformed teaching and learning. It also focuses on the challenges for feminism as corporatization redefines the role of universities in a global world. The essays reflect on both historical and contemporary themes from a diversity of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives, but are united in their exploration of how feminism's continuing contribution to knowledge remains significant, even fundamental, to the transformation of knowledge in the academy in our world.
Near Fine
Soft cover
Fernwood Publishing
2012
Winnipeg, MB