Power, Knowledge and Feminist Scholarship An Ethnography of Academia

Feminist scholarship is sometimes dismissed as not quite ‘proper’ knowledge – it’s too political or subjective, many argue. But what are the boundaries of ‘proper’ knowledge? Who defines them, and how are they changing? How do feminists negotiate them? And how does this boundary-work affect women’s...

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Main Author:	do Mar Pereira, Maria
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Routledge 2017 Knowledge Unlatched GmbH Taylor and Francis Taylor & Francis
Edition:	1
Series:	Transformations
Subjects:	academia An Ethnography of Academia Anthropology Colonialism and imperialism Contemporary Social Theory Contemporary Societies Corridor Talk Cultural and media studies Cultural studies Education Epistemic Climate Epistemic Discrimination Epistemic Efficacy Epistemic Injustice Epistemic Status Epistemic Threshold epistemology Ethnic studies ethnography Ethnography & Methodology EU’s Lisbon Treaty Feminism Feminism and education Gender Studies Gender studies, gender groups higher education Higher education, tertiary education History History and Archaeology History: specific events and topics JBSF1 Gender studies: women and girls JBSF11 Feminism and feminist theory JBSF2 Gender studies: men and boys knowledge Knowledge and Feminist Scholarship LGBTQ+ Studies / topics Maria do Mar Pereira Performative University Portuguese Academia Power Power, Knowledge and Feminist Scholarship Qualitative Methods Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects Research and information: general Research methods: general science science and technology studies Sexuality - Gender Studies Social groups, communities and identities Social theory Society and culture: general Society and Social Sciences Sociology Sociology & Social Policy Sociology and anthropology Sociology of Knowledge Sociology of Science & Technology Somatic Catastrophe STS Study of Higher Education UK Institution universities WGFS Scholars WGFS Work Women college students Women college teachers Women's Studies women’s and gender studies UK Institution Corridor Talk Contemporary Societies Demarcation Problem WGFS Scholars Literature Review Epistemic Injustice Epistemic Climate Somatic Catastrophe UK Ref Epistemic Splitting WGFS Work Mainstream Science EU’s Lisbon Treaty Epistemic Status Performative University Student Engagements Public Engagement Epistemic Threshold Proper Science UG Student Portuguese Academia Epistemic Efficacy Epistemic Discrimination Feminist Academic Writing
ISBN:	9780367233761, 1138911496, 0367233762, 9781138911499, 9781317433675, 1317433661, 9781317433668, 1315692627, 131743367X, 1317433688, 9781315692623, 9781317433682
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Table of Contents:

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on the presentation of material -- Introduction -- 1 An outsider within? The position and status of WGFS in academia -- 2 Pushing and pulling the boundaries of knowledge: A feminist theory of epistemic status -- 3 WGFS in the performative university (Part I): The epistemic status of WGFS in times of paradoxical change -- 4 WGFS is proper knowledge, but . . .: The splitting of feminist scholarship -- 5 Putting WGFS on the map(s): The boundary-work of WGFS scholars -- 6 The importance of being foreign and modern: The geopolitics of the epistemic status of WGFS -- 7 WGFS in the performative university (Part II): The mood of academia and its impact on our knowledge and our lives -- Conclusion: Negotiating the boundaries of proper knowledge and of work in the (not quite fully) performative university -- Index