Gendered Subjects: The Dynamics of Feminist Teaching

297 Pages·2012·4.271 MB·English

by  Catherine Portuges (editor), Margo Culley (editor)

GENDERED
SUBJECTS
The Dynamics of Feminist Teaching
Edited by
Margo Culley and Catherine Portuges
ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
FEMINIST THEORY
ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
FEMINIST THEORY
GENDERED SUBJECTS

GENDERED SUBJECTS
The Dynamics of Feminist Teaching
Edited by
MARGO CULLEY AND
CATHERINE PORTUGES
ROUTLEDGE RTayoloru &t Flreandcisg Geroup
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1977; Chapter 16 © 1981 Nancy K. Miller; Chapter 17 © 1981 Susan Stanford
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GENDERED
SUBJECTS
THE DYNAMICS OF
FEMINIST TEACHING
Edited by Margo Culley and Catherine Portuges
Routledge & Kegan Paul
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First published in 1985
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Chapter 4 copyright © Janice G. Raymond 1979
Chapter 9 copyright © Erlene Stetson 1979
Chapter 10 copyright ©J udith McDaniel 1979
Chapter 12 copyright © Nancy Jo Hoffman 1973
Chapter 13 copyright © 1976, 1977 by the Feminist Press
Chapter 16 copyright © Nancy K. Miller 1981
Chapter 17 copyright © Susan Stanford Friedman 1981
Chapter 19 copyright © Mary Helen Washington 1981
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Chapter 22 copyright © 1981 by the Feminist Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Gendered subjects.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Women–Education (Higher)–United States–
Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Afro-American women–
Education (Higher)–United States–Addresses, essays,
lectures. 3. Women college teachers– United States–
Addresses, essays, lectures. 4. Women’s studies–
United States–Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Culley,
Margo. II. Portuges, Catherine.
LC1756.G46 1985 378’.125’088042 84-18079
British Library CIP Data available
ISBN 0-7100-9907-X
Contents
Introduction / 1
PART ONE: Frameworks and definitions / 9
1 The politics of nurturance / 11
Margo Culley, Arlyn Diamond, Lee Edwards, Sara Lennox,
Catherine Portuges
2 Taking women students seriously / 21
Adrienne Rich
3 Classroom pedagogy and the new scholarship on women / 29
Frances Maher
4 Women’s Studies: a knowledge of one’s own / 49
Janice G. Raymond
5 The educational process of Women’s Studies in Argentina:
reflections on theory and technique / 64
Gloria Bonder
PART TWO: Transforming the disciplines / 79
6 Feminist pedagogy as a subversive activity / 81
Robert J. Bezucha
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