Women's Studies in Transition

The central theme of this book focuses on the interdisciplinary linkages within contemporary women's studies scholarship. Authors delineate the shifts in theory and methodology that have occurred as women's studies scholars have worked across disciplines. Scholars grapple with the reality of addressing issues within the areas of medicine, science/math, and family and public policy.

Introduction

9

(6)

KATE CONWAY-TURNER

Section 1: Feminist Theory

15

(90)

Introduction

15

(4)

SUZANNE CHERRIN

Men's Lives and Feminist Theory

19

(17)

ROBERT W. JENSEN

Volunteerism and Women's Lives: A Lens for Exploring Conflicts in Contemporary Feminist Thought, Historical Importance and Socioeconomic Value of Women's Contributions as Volunteers

36

(21)

KAREN BOJAR

Gathering Rage: The Failure of Twentieth-Century Revolutions to Develop a Feminist Agenda. The Case of Nicaragua

57

(19)

MARGARET RANDALL

Transforming Feminist Theory and Practice: Beyond the Politics of Commonalities and Differences to an Inclusive Multicultural Feminist Framework

76

(16)

BLANCHE RADFORD CURRY

Identification and Self-Definition: A Twenty-First Century Agenda for Interdisciplinary and International Women's Studies

92

(13)

ALMA WALKER VINYARD

Section 2: Feminist Methodology

105

(70)

Introduction

105

(4)

KATHLEEN DOHERTY TURKEL

Subject to Speculation: Assessing the Lives of African-American Women in the Nineteenth Century

109

(9)

CARLA L. PETERSON

Creating/Reclaiming Herstory in Concert: Twenty Years of Feminist Musical Research

118

(20)

VICTORIA J. O'REILLY

It's a Jazz Thang: Interdisciplinarity and Critical Imagining in the Construction of a Womanist Theological Method

138

(18)

JOY BOSTIC

The Process of Critical Science in Exploring Racism and Sexism with Black College Women

156

(19)

MARY Y. MORGAN

Section 3: Translating Feminist Work into Action

175

(155)

Introduction

175

(6)

KATE CONWAY-TURNER

Medicine

181

(58)

Breast Cancer: A Critical Evaluation of the Current Advice to Women

181

(23)

SUZANNE CHERRIN

Crossing Boundaries: Bringing Life into Learning

204

(14)

ELLEN GOLDSMITH

SONJA JACKSON

Midwifery and the Medical Model

218

(21)

KATHLEEN DOHERTY TURKEL

Science/Math

239

(46)

Addressing Eurocentrism and Androcentrism in Mathematics: The Development and Teaching of a Course on Mathematics, Gender, and Culture

239

(13)

JOHN KELLERMEIER

Interdisciplinarity and Identity: Women's Studies and Women in Science Programs

252

(33)

SUE ROSSER

Family and Public Policy

285

(45)

Twenty-First Century Sociocultural and Social Policy Issues of Older African-American and Older African Women

285

(23)

BRENDA KIPENZI JOYCE CRAWLEY

Interdisciplinarity in Research on Wife Abuse: Can Academics and Activists Work Together?

308

(12)

JACQUELYN C. CAMPBELL

Rebecca West's Traversals of Yugoslavia: Essentialism, Nationalism, Fascism, and Gender

320

(10)

BONNIE KIME SCOTT

Afterword

330

(1)

Contributors

331

(6)

Index

337

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