Not Drowning But Waving

Women, Feminism, and the Liberal Arts

Edited by Susan Brown, Jeanne Perreault, Jo-Ann Wallace, Heather Zwicker
Contributions by Katherine Binhammer, Christine Bold, Patricia Clements, Amber Dean, Cecily Devereux, Len Findlay, Louise Forsyth, Lise Gotell, Elizabeth Groeneveld, Isobel Grundy, Tessa Jordan, Philomena Okeke-Ihejirika, Christine Overall, Heather Murray, Donna Pennee, Julie Rak, Ann Shteir, Aruna Srivastava, Marjorie Stone, Aritha van Herk, Ann Wilson, and Erin Wunker
Categories: Gender & Sexuality Studies, Women’s Studies
Publisher: The University of Alberta Press
Paperback : 9780888645500, 496 pages, August 2011
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780888646132, 496 pages, August 2011
Ebook (PDF) : 9780888646149, 496 pages, August 2011
Ebook (MobiPocket) : 9780888646699, 496 pages, August 2011

Description

"Not Drowning but Waving...gestures both at the difficulties faced by feminists in the humanities in Canada and at the possibilities of hope, of new 'waves' of feminism."

Twenty-two essays explore topics such as feminism in the liberal arts disciplines; the relationship of the liberal arts to the larger university; the costs and rewards for women in administration; the corporatization of university campuses; intergenerational and transcultural tensions within feminist communities; balancing personal life with professional aspirations; the relationship of feminism to cultural studies; women, social justice, and the liberal arts. Not Drowning But Waving is a welcome progress report on the variety of feminisms at work in academe and beyond. It provides crucial insights for university administrators, faculty, and literate non-specialists interested in the Arts and Humanities.

Reviews

"However difficult the swim sometimes seems, feminists in the liberal arts aren't drowning, as long as Canadian institutions continue to employ a range of thoughtful voices such as these, who remind us of the temperature of the water and the hazards therein."

- Marni Stanley and Kathryn Barnwell