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Most importantly, the field of women s studies is about making our world a better place for all of us. Transnational world edited by inderpal grewal and caren kaplan. Introduction to women s studies draws on feminist ideas and scholarship in developing historical, theoretical and crosscultural frameworks for the comparative study of women and gender. The selections provide students in the united states with a way to understand points of view from other locations and. Sep 25, 2001 an introduction to women s studies book. Some notes on transnational feminism based on the assigned readings, grewal and kaplan, introduction to scattered hegemonies mani, multiple mediations transnational feminism is a response to global and international feminisms that have tended to view the world from a eurocentric, colonialist perspective. A qualitative study of mexican american adolescents and. It traces the history of feminist activism and thought through a variety of classic statements, more recent studies, and original texts. Citizenship and nationalism are also linked to gender, as all three concepts play a key role in the process of statebuilding and statemaintenance as well as in the interaction between states, whether overtly or covertly. While most introductory womens studies textbooks focus on the united states, even if. The primary goal of this course is to familiarize students with key issues, questions and debates in women s and gender studies, both historical and. Womens studies is devoted to the academic study of the roles, contributions and scholarship of women.
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