FEMINIST SCHOLARSHIP: Kindling in the Groves of Academe

by Ellen Carol DuBois

Few events over the past two decades have had a greater impact on American scholarship that the rise of the contemporary women's movement. In this study five leading feminist scholars assess the nature and extent of that impact and convey both the excitement and struggles of working in this ever-changing field. A rigorously collaborative effort, Feminist Scholarship focuses upon the dual disciplinary-interdisciplinary character of feminist research. The authors examine the emergence of the feminist perspectives in history, literature, education, anthropology, and philosophy. Moreover, they also address those concerns that extend beyond specific disciplines to unite all feminist scholars - the existence and origins of women's oppression, its ideological and psychological expressions, its relation to work and the family; the possibilities for women's liberation; and the implications of modernization programs and socialist revolutions for women. Feminist Scholarship charts the deepening awareness in academia of the importance of women - as subjects and scholars - and suggests how this awareness will influence future research. It is a reflection of the efforts of feminist scholars to make the world we live in more completely known.

240 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1985

About the author

Ellen Carol Dubois is a distinguished professor of history and gender studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. She earned her bachelor's degree at Wellesley in 1968 and her Ph.D. from Northwestern in 1975.

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dated, but essential reading for understanding the interdisciplinary nature of feminist scholarship.