True Confessions: Feminist Professors Tell Stories Out of School
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- Synopsis
- This work collects autobiographical essays by 27 pioneering feminist professors who transformed American academia in the 1970s-80s, when larger numbers of women were becoming tenured professors and administrators in higher education. Contributors come from humanities areas such as English, psychology, African-American studies, theater, and of course the interdisciplinary women's and gender studies programs that many of the contributors helped launch. They reflect on the personal roots of their professional lives and on professional conflicts surrounding the integration of women in higher education. Some of the topics they explore include coming out in academia, dealing with charges of sexual harassment, entering elite universities, and the tension between academic success and family life.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 334 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780393076431
- Publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 01/29/13
- Copyrighted By:
- Susan Gubar
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Donna Goodin
- Proofread By:
- Shirley Koda
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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