Professing feminism : education and indoctrination in women's studies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Patai, Daphne, 1943-
Other Authors:	Koertge, Noretta
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2003]
Edition:	New and expanded ed.
Subjects:	Women's studies > United States. Feminism and education > United States.

Table of Contents:

Introduction to the new enlarged edition. Cautionary tales from the strange world of women's studies
Women's studies in the new millennium. Rhetoric and reality in women's studies / Patai. Unmentionables. Hierarchy is a "guy" thing. Where's the patriarchy? Dissenting voices. Recruiting adherents. Policing the academy / Patai. Feminist pedagogy redux. "Antifeminist intellectual harassment" Why not a feminist overhaul of higher education? Protecting some speech. Going "Bolivarian" with a feminist twist. New sexual orthodoxies. Feminists take on science : tilting with the evil empire / Koertge. Feminist incursions into science pedagogy. The empire fights back : Gross, Levitt, and Sokal. Three exemplars of post-science wars writings : Schiebinger, Potter, and Fausto-Sterling. The chilly climate within women's studies for science students. Women's studies vis--̉vis science studies? Conclusion.