The 'Woman Question' and Higher Education: Perspectives on Gender and Knowledge Production in America - Couverture souple

 
9781848444591: The 'Woman Question' and Higher Education: Perspectives on Gender and Knowledge Production in America
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ISBN 10 : 1848444591 ISBN 13 : 9781848444591
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2009

Synopsis

These essays offer fresh insights on the question of the paucity of women in higher education and together form a thoughtful and contemporary response to Lawrence Summers and the 'Woman Question' in the twenty-first century.

This uniquely interdisciplinary study offers a provocative, contemporary look at the 'Woman Question' in relation to higher education at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Leading feminist scholars from a wide variety of perspectives and disciplines ― including history, philosophy, education, psychology, sociology, and economics ― evaluate the role of biology, discrimination, and choice in rationalizing women's exclusion from fully participating in the process of knowledge production, as well as examining institutional impediments. Contextualizing arguments against women's inclusion and including contemporary perspectives on gender, this book offers a rich, multi-layered examination and critical insights into understanding the near universal difficulties that women encounter as they seek to participate fully in the process of knowledge production.

This book addresses one of the most compelling topics of our time and speaks to our need to understand the long struggle of women to gain an authoritative voice in higher education and the factors that underlie that struggle. Scholars and researchers of women's studies, higher education, and a range of humanities and social sciences will find this book a welcome addition to the literature.

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À propos de l?auteur

Edited by Ann Mari May, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, US

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1848444591
ISBN 13 
9781848444591
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
200
Éditeur
May Ann Mari
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2008
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