The problem of gender for Women's Studies

Imagining women in the curriculum: the transgressive impossibility of women's studies

“…There have been ongoing concerns from the mid-1990s to the present day about drops in student numbers and degree programmes being cut. It also quickly became apparent that publishers had stopped producing 'Women's Studies' lists, and even when feminist scholarship was burgeoning, these books were produced under other titles in cultural studies, or sociology, or the increasingly popular area of 'Gender Studies' (Evans, 1991). This lack of a 'singular', recognised scholarly literature base perhaps had knock-on effects in terms of what happened to women's studies in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).…”

Imagining women in the curriculum: the transgressive impossibility of women's studies

“…There have been ongoing concerns from the mid-1990s to the present day about drops in student numbers and degree programmes being cut. It also quickly became apparent that publishers had stopped producing 'Women's Studies' lists, and even when feminist scholarship was burgeoning, these books were produced under other titles in cultural studies, or sociology, or the increasingly popular area of 'Gender Studies' (Evans, 1991). This lack of a 'singular', recognised scholarly literature base perhaps had knock-on effects in terms of what happened to women's studies in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).…”

History and the challenge of gender history∗

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“Am I That Name?” Feminism, Feminist Criticism, and Gender Studies

“…Other scholars have been skeptical about "the lure" of gender studies. 23 Despite major strides forward, as they point out, the deck is still stacked against women outside the "charmed world" of the academy, hence it is crucial to preserve the discipline of women's studies that maintains a focus on women's experiences and concerns. 24 Still others find that the discourse of gender studies is "less critical" than feminist scholarship in addressing persistent inequality between men and women.…”

Imagining women in the curriculum: the transgressive impossibility of women's studies

“…There have been ongoing concerns from the mid-1990s to the present day about drops in student numbers and degree programmes being cut. It also quickly became apparent that publishers had stopped producing 'Women's Studies' lists, and even when feminist scholarship was burgeoning, these books were produced under other titles in cultural studies, or sociology, or the increasingly popular area of 'Gender Studies' (Evans, 1991). This lack of a 'singular', recognised scholarly literature base perhaps had knock-on effects in terms of what happened to women's studies in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).…”

History and the challenge of gender history∗

“……”

“Am I That Name?” Feminism, Feminist Criticism, and Gender Studies

“…Other scholars have been skeptical about "the lure" of gender studies. 23 Despite major strides forward, as they point out, the deck is still stacked against women outside the "charmed world" of the academy, hence it is crucial to preserve the discipline of women's studies that maintains a focus on women's experiences and concerns. 24 Still others find that the discourse of gender studies is "less critical" than feminist scholarship in addressing persistent inequality between men and women.…”

Imagining women in the curriculum: the transgressive impossibility of women's studies

“…There have been ongoing concerns from the mid-1990s to the present day about drops in student numbers and degree programmes being cut. It also quickly became apparent that publishers had stopped producing 'Women's Studies' lists, and even when feminist scholarship was burgeoning, these books were produced under other titles in cultural studies, or sociology, or the increasingly popular area of 'Gender Studies' (Evans, 1991). This lack of a 'singular', recognised scholarly literature base perhaps had knock-on effects in terms of what happened to women's studies in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).…”

History and the challenge of gender history∗

“……”

“Am I That Name?” Feminism, Feminist Criticism, and Gender Studies

“…Other scholars have been skeptical about "the lure" of gender studies. 23 Despite major strides forward, as they point out, the deck is still stacked against women outside the "charmed world" of the academy, hence it is crucial to preserve the discipline of women's studies that maintains a focus on women's experiences and concerns. 24 Still others find that the discourse of gender studies is "less critical" than feminist scholarship in addressing persistent inequality between men and women.…”