Knowing Feminisms

Should feminists leave other disciplines for women's studies, or do other disciplines retain desirable qualities? Is the idea of feminist pedagogy as "empowerment" actually one which de-skills? This volume discusses these questions among others.

` Knowing Feminisms is an analysis of the complex relationship of the feminist academic with her profession... This book is an excellent compilation of feminist critiques from the standpoint of women in seven academic disciplines′ - NWSA Journal

`Stanley′s collection aims to avert the feminist gaze away from those "others" who are its subject matter, "and a little towards this `gaze′ itself, to the process of knowledge production"... a necessary read′ - Feminist Magazine

Liz Stanley is Director of Women′s Studies and Reader in Sociology at the University of Manchester. Her recent books include: The Auto/Biographical I : The Theory and Practice of Feminist Auto/Biography (Manchester University Press, 1992); Debates in Sociology (with David Morgan, Manchester University Press, 1992); Breaking Out Again: Feminist Ontology and Epistemology (with Sue Wise, Routledge, 1993) and Sex Surveyed 1949-1994 (Taylor and Francis, 1995). An edited collection, Borderlands: Feminisms in the Academy will be published by SAGE during 1996. Liz Stanley is also the editor of the journal Auto/Biography and co-editor of the new online web journal Sociological Research Online. CONTRIBUTORS Johanna Alberti Open University Northern Region Newcastle upon Tyne Carol Brown University of Surrey Chris Corrin University of Glasgow Kathy Davis University of Utrecht Mary Evans University of Kent Elaine Graham University of Manchester Uma Kothari University of Manchester Gina Mercer James Cook University Townsville Australia Angela Montgomery Northumbria Probational Service Jean Orr Queens University Belfast Anne Seller University of Kent Ailbhe Smyth University College Dublin Sue Wilkinson University of Loughborough Sue Wise University of Lancaster