Women's Studies on the Edge

Published by Duke University Press 2008

Women's Studies on the Edge

Edited by: Joan Wallach Scott
With contributions by: Wendy Brown , Robyn Wiegman and Gayle Salamon

In the series A differences book

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822389101

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About this book

Essays on the future of women's studies as an academic discipline.

Author / Editor information

Joan Wallach Scott is the Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study. Her many books include The Politics of the Veil, Gender and the Politics of History, and Feminists Theorize the Political (co-edited with Judith Butler).

Reviews

“With its combination of landmark and new contributions, Women's Studies on the Edge will be a valuable addition to the library of any feminist scholar.” - Elizabeth Groeneveld, Third Space

“This collection of eight essays, edited by Joan Wallach Scott, discusses the impact of institutional success on women’s studies programs in the United States. . . . All the essays, each thoughtful in their own right, represent ideas that have unevenly infused academia but that continue to be salient.” - Susie S. Porter, Affilia

“Women’s Studies on the Edge . . . opens possibilities for a vibrant, transformed future for women’s studies.” - Barbara Scott Winkler, Feminist Formations

“An important acquisition for institutions that have (or are in the process of setting up) programs in women’s studies, gender studies, or cultural studies. Essential.” - N. B. Rosenthal, Choice

“Women’s Studies on the Edge . . . opens possibilities for a vibrant, transformed future for women’s studies.”

-- Barbara Scott Winkler Feminist Formations

“An important acquisition for institutions that have (or are in the process of setting up) programs in women’s studies, gender studies, or cultural studies. Essential.”

-- N. B. Rosenthal Choice

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction: Feminism’s Critical Edge Joan Scott Wallach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Over the Edge
The Impossibility of Women’s Studies Brown Wendy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Feminism, Institutionalism, and the Idiom of Failure Wiegman Robyn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Part II. Edged OUT
Teaching and Research in Unavailable Intersections Najmabadi Afsaneh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Feminism, Democracy, and Empire: Islam and the War of Terror Mahmood Saba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Transfeminism and the Future of Gender Salamon Gayle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Part III. Edging IN
Discipline and Vanish: Feminism, the Resistance to Theory, and the Politics of Cultural Studies Rooney Ellen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Whither Black Women’s Studies: Interview Hammonds Evelynn M. Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Success and Its Failures Martin Biddy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Other: 1 photograph

eBook

Published: June 9, 2008
ISBN: 9780822389101