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Minds of our own : inventing feminist scholarship and women's studies in Canada and Québec, 1966-76 /
This book of personal essays by over forty women and men who founded women's studies in Canada and Qu?c explores feminist activism on campus in the pivotal decade of 1966-76. The essays document the emergence of women's studies as a new way of understanding women, men, and society, and the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waterloo, Ont. :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book of personal essays by over forty women and men who founded women's studies in Canada and Qu?c explores feminist activism on campus in the pivotal decade of 1966-76. The essays document the emergence of women's studies as a new way of understanding women, men, and society, and they challenge some current preconceptions about "second wave" feminist academics. The contributors explain how the intellectual and political revolution begun by small groups of academics--often young, untenured women--at universities across Canada contributed to social progress and profoundly affected the way |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 398 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-388) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781435656369 1435656369 9781554581238 1554581230 |