Companion to women's and gender studies/

"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 St...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley Online Library (Online service)
Group Author: Naples, Nancy A.
Published: Wiley Blackwell,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, NJ :
Publication Dates: 2020.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119315063
Summary: "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"--
Item Description: Description based on print version record.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xv, 497 pages)
Also available in print.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781119315063 (electronic bk.)
9781119315087
Index Number: HQ1121
CLC: C913.68-09