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Author Patai, Daphne, 1943-

Title Professing feminism : education and indoctrination in women's studies / Daphne Patai and Noretta Koertge
Edition New and expanded edition
Published Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2003]
©2003

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 MELB  305.407 Pat/Pfe 2003  AVAILABLE
Description xxv, 426 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Pt. 1. Cautionary Tales from the Strange World of Women's Studies -- Prologue: On Airing Dirty Linen -- 1. Introduction to the World of Women's Studies -- 2. Cautionary Tales from Women Who Walked Away -- 3. Ideology and Identity: Playing the Oppression Sweepstakes -- 4. Proselytizing and Policing in the Feminist Classroom -- 5. Semantic Sorcery: Rhetoric Overtakes Reality -- 6. Biodenial and Other Subversive Stratagems -- 7. "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall": Feminist Self-Scrutiny -- 8. Cults, Communes, and Clicks -- 9. From Dogma to Dialogue: The Importance of Liberal Values -- Pt. 2. Women's Studies in the New Millennium -- 10. Rhetoric and Reality in Women's Studies -- 11. Policing the Academy -- 12. Feminists Take On Science: Tilting at the Evil Empire
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Women's studies -- United States.
Feminism and education -- United States.
Author Koertge, Noretta.
LC no. 2002011041
ISBN 0739104543 hardcover alkaline paper
0739104551 paperback : ; alk. paper