Professing Feminism: Cautionary Tales From Inside The Strange World Of Women's StudiesBasic Books, 7 oct 1994 - 235 páginas Feminists have often called Women's Studies "the academic arm of the women's movement". With over 600 Women's Studies programs in existence throughout the United States, academic feminism is now a strong presence on college campuses - and beyond. But, as Daphne Patai and Noretta Koertge charge in this hard-hitting book, the attempt to make Women's Studies serve a political agenda has led to deeply problematic results: dubious scholarship, pedagogical practices that resemble indoctrination more than education, and the alienation of countless potential supporters. The authors interviewed dozens of women - professors, students, and staffers - who, like themselves, have invested much time and effort in Women's Studies. These women speak eloquently of their frustration and even despair over the problems and conflicts they experienced in programs where a feminist agenda has been relentlessly pursued. Faced with intolerance and "ideological policing" on the part of both activist colleagues and true-believer students, some of these women withdrew altogether; others, while maintaining their formal association with Women's Studies, took inner flight. All are troubled and alarmed about the future of feminism in the academy. To reveal the root causes of these tensions and animosities, Patai and Koertge present an incisive analysis of the self-defeating ideological games feminists play in colleges and universities, among them IDPOL (identity politics), WORDMAGIC, TOTAL REJ, and BIODENIAL, an extreme form of social constructionism. The authors call on feminists in the academy to abandon their self-destructive ways if they are to regain the positive vision that attracted so many people to feminism inthe first place. |
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... knowledge itself is socially constructed . If this were taken to be axiomatically true , there would be no reason for attempting to reconcile male - constructed knowledge claims with those put forward by feminists . By embrac- ing such ...
... knowledge itself is socially constructed . If this were taken to be axiomatically true , there would be no reason for attempting to reconcile male - constructed knowledge claims with those put forward by feminists . By embrac- ing such ...
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... knowledge , grows out of women's passivity : “ Hav [ ing ] no opinions and no voice of their own to guide them , women in this position listen to others for directions as well as for information . " Women who take this approach to knowledge ...
... knowledge , grows out of women's passivity : “ Hav [ ing ] no opinions and no voice of their own to guide them , women in this position listen to others for directions as well as for information . " Women who take this approach to knowledge ...
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... knowledge ? 6. Are students encouraged to reconstruct knowledge from mul- tidisciplinary and cross - cultural perspectives ? 7. How do programs navigate tensions between creating safe but challenging classroom space ? 8. Finally , how ...
... knowledge ? 6. Are students encouraged to reconstruct knowledge from mul- tidisciplinary and cross - cultural perspectives ? 7. How do programs navigate tensions between creating safe but challenging classroom space ? 8. Finally , how ...
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INTRODUCTION TO THE WORld of Womens Studies | 1 |
CAUTIONARY Tales from WOMEN WHO WALKED AWAY | 11 |
PLAYING THE OPPRESSION SWEEPSTAKES | 44 |
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Professing Feminism: Cautionary Tales From Inside The Strange World Of Women ... Daphne Patai,Noretta Koertge Vista de fragmentos - 1994 |
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