Revenge of the women's studies professor / Bonnie J. Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Bonnie J., 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's studies--United States.

Women's studies.

Feminism and higher education--United States.

Feminism and higher education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With sharp wit and keen insight, Bonnie J. Morris opens new perspectives on the gender and generation gaps on campus, exploring the negative stereotypes that keep many students from taking women's studies courses. Since 1993, the George Washington University women's history professor has traveled the globe with her one-woman play, "Revenge of the Women's Studies Professor," engaging audiences from New Zealand to New York in a frank conversation about the backlash against feminism and women's studies. This book presents scenes from the original play along with reflections on changing views of gender and sexuality in American society, politics, and popular culture. The result is part memoir, part history of our times, and part critique of higher education.

Contents:

Introduction : so, what do you do for a living?

Scene one, 1973 : my first women's studies class

Scene two, 1983 : you're getting a Ph.D. in what?

Scene three, 1986 : exams and evaluations

Scene four, 1987 : can I talk to you in private?

Scene five, 1989 : do we have to have so much women's history?

Scene six, 1990 : driving a U-haul to Harvard

Scene seven, 1992 : fear of the word woman

Scene eight, 1993 : teaching where hell freezes over

Scene nine, 1993 : women studies goes global

Scene ten, 1995 : educating President Clinton

Conclusion : mainstreaming women's studies in America.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-163) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-10338-5

9786612103384

0-253-00294-X

OCLC:

608382402