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Informationen zum Autor Daphne Patai's most recent book is Heterophobia: Sexual Harassment and the Future of Feminism. She is Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Noretta Koertge, the author of A House Built on Sand: Exposing Postmodernist Myths about Science, is Professor Emerita of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University. Klappentext In this new and expanded edition of their controversial 1994 book, the authors update their analysis of what's gone wrong with Women's Studies programs. Their three new chapters provide a devastating and detailed examination of the routine practices found in feminst teaching and research. Zusammenfassung In this new and expanded edition of their controversial 1994 book! the authors update their analysis of what's gone wrong with Women's Studies programs. Their three new chapters provide a devastating and detailed examination of the routine practices found in feminst teaching and research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction to the New Expanded Edition Part 2 Cautionary Tales from the Strange World of Women's Studies Chapter 3 Prologue: On Airing Dirty Linen Chapter 4 Introduction to the World of Women's Studies Chapter 5 Cautionary Tales from Women Who Walked Away Chapter 6 Ideology and Identity: Playing the Oppression Sweepstakes Chapter 7 Proselytizing and Policing in the Feminist Classroom Chapter 8 Semantic Sorcery: Rhetoric Overtakes Reality Chapter 9 BIODENIAL and Other Subversive Stratagems Chapter 10 "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall": Feminist Self-Scrutiny Chapter 11 Cults, Communes, and Clicks Chapter 12 From Dogma to Dialogue: The Importance of Liberal Values Part 13 Women's Studies in the New Millennium Chapter 14 Rhetoric and Reality in Women's Studies Chapter 15 Policing the Academy Chapter 16 Feminists Take on Science: Tilting with the Evil Empire Chapter 17 Conclusion ...
