Women's studies : research, conceptual developments, and action / editor, Nite Tanzarn.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Tanzarn, Nite.

Makerere University. Department of Women & Gender Studies.

Conference Name:

International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women (8th : 2002 : Kampala, Uganda)

Series:

Gendered world series.

Gendered world series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's studies--Congresses.

Women's studies.

Feminist theory--Congresses.

Feminist theory.

Women in development--Congresses.

Women in development.

Women's studies--Africa--Congresses.

Feminist theory--Africa--Congresses.

Women in development--Africa--Congresses.

Africa.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 198 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kampala : Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University, 2005.

Contents:

From the margins to the centre : women's studies in the academy and beyond / Nite Tanzarn

The role of development partners in promoting gender equality and equity / Tove Strand

Gender trauma in Africa : enhancing women's links to resources / Sylvia Tamale

Biocolonialism hurts women : toward a theory of wild politics / Susan Hawthorne

Fourierism, women's history, and the public/private dichotomy / Kathryn Tomasek

Critical spatial literacy and the politics of urban space : Asante female household transformations in Accra / E.A. Amoo Adare

Sexual violence, monoacculturation, and the mechanisms of patriarchal violence / Kaarina Kailo

Transformative visions : the impact of women's studies courses on student agency / Frances L. Hoffmann

Women's studies in Australian and German universities / Felizitas Sagebiel

Bridging the gap between women's studies in the academia and women's organisations in the field of information / Annamaria Tagliavini

Feminist activism and women's studies in Puerto Rico / Elizabeth Crespo-Kebler

Women's activism and globalisation / Nancy A. Naples

The conceptual link between gender studies and development / Nite Tanzarn

Gender research in Africa : dilemmas and challenges / Signe Arnfred

Mixing up researchers and donors : ethical re[fl]ections on the interviewees' expectations of the researcher / Solveig Botnen Eide.

Notes:

"This book is part of nine series documenting papers that were presented at the 8th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women: Women's Worlds 2002"--P. xiii.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

262612836