Feminism, Gender and Universities: Politics, Passion and Pedagogies

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Feminism, Gender and Universities demonstrates the positive and robust impacts that feminism has had on higher education, through the eyes and in the words of the participants in changing political and social processes. Drawing on the ’collective biography’ of leading feminist scholars from around the world and current evidence relating to gender equality in education, this book employs methods including biographies, life histories, and narratives to show how the feminist project to transform women’s lives in the direction of gender and social equality became an educational and pedagogical one. Through careful attention to the ways in which feminism has transformed feminist academic women’s lives, the author explores the importance of education in changing socio-political contexts, raising questions about further changes that are necessary. Delving into the deeper and more ’hidden’ echelons of education, the book examines the contested nature of current managerial or business approaches to university and education, revealing these to be incompatible with feminist thought. A plea for more careful attention to education and the ways in which the processes of knowledge-making influence (and are influenced by) gender and sexual relations, Feminism, Gender and Universities will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in gender, pedagogy and modern academic life. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 List of Tables and Figures......Page 8 Preface and Acknowledgements......Page 10 List of Abbreviations, Acronyms and Names: A Glossary ......Page 14 1 Feminism as an Education Project to Transform Women’s Lives ......Page 18 2 Gender Equality in Global Higher Education: The Misogynistic Numbers Game?......Page 42 3 A Life History of Academic Feminism......Page 68 4 A Collective Biography of Academic Feminism: University Pioneers?......Page 90 5 Second-Wave Feminism Breaks on the Shores of Academe ......Page 112 6 The Ripple Effects of Feminism Moving into Academe ......Page 140 7 The Crest of the Wave of Academic Feminism?......Page 168 8 Academic Feminism Today: Towards a Feminized Future in Global Academe......Page 190 Appendix 1: Questions for Discussion and Possible Online Replies ......Page 210 Appendix 2: International Participants in the Three Generation Cohorts ......Page 212 References and Select Bibliography......Page 214 Index......Page 230