Express Levering Women’s Studies on Its Own: A Next Wave Reader in Institutional Change (Next Wave: New Directions in Womens Studies) – Wiegman, Robyn

“We thought the study of women would be a temporary phase; eventually we would all go back to our disciplines.”—Gloria Bowles, From the Afterword
Since the 1970s, Women’s Studies has grown from a volunteerist political project to a full-scale academic enterprise. Women’s Studies on Its Own assesses the present and future of the field, demonstrating how institutionalization has extended a vital, ongoing intellectual project for a new generation of scholars and students.
Women’s Studies on Its Own considers the…