Companion to women's and gender studies /
Companion to women's and gender studies /
edited by Nancy A. Naples.
- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020.
- 1 online resource (xv, 497 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Women's and Gender Studies is an ever-changing field of academic inquiry that was born out of women's movement organizing in Western countries within and outside colleges and universities in the late 1960s and 1970s. The story surrounding the development of Women's and Gender Studies is often told through a U.S.-centric lens; but it is incomplete or, even misguided, without acknowledging the diversity of sites outside the U.S. that helped shape the field both within and outside of the academy. The Companion to Women's and Gender Studies attempts to correct some of the gaps and misrepresentations of the field, broadly defined, including attention to international, postcolonial, intersectional, and interdisciplinary insights from scholars in different parts of the world"--
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Women--History.
Women--Social conditions--History.
Sex role--History.
Sex role.
Women.
Women--Social conditions.
305.409
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Women's and Gender Studies is an ever-changing field of academic inquiry that was born out of women's movement organizing in Western countries within and outside colleges and universities in the late 1960s and 1970s. The story surrounding the development of Women's and Gender Studies is often told through a U.S.-centric lens; but it is incomplete or, even misguided, without acknowledging the diversity of sites outside the U.S. that helped shape the field both within and outside of the academy. The Companion to Women's and Gender Studies attempts to correct some of the gaps and misrepresentations of the field, broadly defined, including attention to international, postcolonial, intersectional, and interdisciplinary insights from scholars in different parts of the world"--
9781119315094 1119315093 9781119315131 1119315131 9781119315063 1119315069
2019054469
Women--History.
Women--Social conditions--History.
Sex role--History.
Sex role.
Women.
Women--Social conditions.
305.409