Women's Studies and the Transformation of Knowledge
The emphasis of this page is on (from the syllabus for WS 692): "feminist thinking about 'situated knowledge,' . . . . How the situation of the knower--gender, race, geographical location, cultural history, for example--is related to the production and valuation of knowledge."
Significant names/authors | SAGE terms | Web Sites | Articles and Tables of Content on the Web | Indexes
Women and Women's Studies: Selected Resources
List of sources, print and Web, compiled by a CSU librarian. Rutgers University site is particularly excellent.
Useful key terms:
Feminist Epistemology (definition Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (this is extensive)) (bibliography) (readings 1 of 2 2 of 2, February 1996)
Significant Names/Authors
These are significant names associated with the above-mentioned areas of women's studies. Click on the last name for CSU book/book chapter holdings. Other hyperlinks are to Web pages with information about them. Some of the articles listed in the last section of this page are by some of these women.
- Sandra Harding; Her Faculty Web page (very brief); Her Web page with links.
- Evelyn Fox Keller; Evelyn Fox Keller: A Bibliography includes works by and about her. Contributions to periodicals. Another bibliography.
- Donna Haraway; Faculty Interests. Hyperlink to Donna Haraway. Donna Haraway Biblio. Biography (born in Denver!) Donna Haraway bibliography (also links to biography, lectures, resources, and links).
- Patricia Hill Collins; Patricia Hill Collins (CV, in PDF format). Biographical sketch. In Current Biography Yearbook, March 2003. CT 100 .C8 Reference
- Dorothy E. Smith.
- Lorraine Code; Her Web page from York University includes bibliography and statement about current research. From a Philosophy course at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
- Nancy Hartsock; Faculty Directory.
- Elizabeth Grosz; Monash University, Australia. Biography (brief) and bibliography.
SAGE terms:
Search these terms in SAGE to find books owned by CSU.
- Feminism
- Feminist Criticism.
- Feminist Literary Criticism.
- Feminist Theory
- Knowledge, Sociology of
Web Sites
These sites are available on the Web. Be sure to evaluate what you use.
Bibliography: What Makes Feminist Research Feminist?
Body Studies in Feminist Theory
Feminist Theory Website: Various Fields within Feminism.
Information Resources for Women's Studies
Library Resources for Women's Studies
Syllabi on the Web for Women- and Gender-Related Courses
Women's Studies A Research Guide, NYPL
Women's Studies (diaries online)
Women's Studies Resources (U of Iowa)
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Women's Studies Internet Resources Listed By Type
WSSLINKS Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
Articles and Tables of Content on the Web
These articles are available on the free Web (as of 8 March 2002). Be sure to evaluate them!
Ausch, Robert, Randal Doane and Laura Perez. "Interview with Elizabeth Grosz." Center for Study of Culture, Technology, and Work (CUNY).
Bart, Jody. "Feminist Theories of Knowledge: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." Sweet Briar College.
Caddick, Alison. "Feminist and Postmodern: Donna Haraway's Cyborg."
Code, Lorraine. What Can She Know? Feminist Theory and the Construction of Knowledge. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991. Detailed summary (brief analysis) of the book.
Collins Patricia Hill."Black Feminist Thought in the Matrix of Domination." From Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment. Boston: Unwin Hyman, 1990, pp. 221-238
Collins Patricia Hill. Fighting Words: Black Women and the Search for Justice. University Press PR for the book. Detailed overview of the book.
Collins Patricia Hill. "Guest Column: Teaching For Change." University of Cincinnati. February 4, 2000.
Dolores Delgado Bernal. "Using a Chicana Feminist Epistemology in Educational Research" Harvard Educational Review 68.4 (1998).
Grassie, William. "Cyborgs, Trickster, and Hermes: Donna Haraway's Metatheory of Science and Religion." [html] Published in Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, June 1996.
Fisher, Linda. "Philosophical Perspectives on Gender and Feminist Thought." Course syllabus with extensive bibliography.
Haraway, Donna. "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century," in Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature (New York; Routledge, 1991), pp.149-181.
Haraway, Donna. "Reading Buchi Emecheta: Contests for Women's Experience in Women's Studies." Feminism and the Critique of Colonial Discourse Inscriptions 3-4. Edited by Deborah Gordon.
Hartsock, Nancy. The Feminist Standpoint Revisited and Other Essays. Colorado: Westview Press, 1998. Detailed book summary.
Kunzru, Hari "You Are Cyborg: For Donna Haraway, We Are Already Assimilated." Wired Archive | 5.02 - Feb 1997 | Feature
Mª Xosé Agra, Carme Adán. "Feminist Epistemology without Knowing Subject?"
The Monist Table of Contents Volume 77, Number 4 October 1994. Topic: Feminist Epistemology. CSU has volume: B1 .M6 v.77 1994 MOVABLE SHELVES
PR release for book award nomination for Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? by Sandra Harding.
Sheehan, Helena. "Critical Perspectives on Science: Lecture on Epistemological Crisis / Sociology of Knowledge." (thumbnails of multimedia slides) .
Steven P. Schacht. "The Promise of a Male Feminist Epistemology." ASA's Section on Sex and Gender Newsletter.
Sylvester, Christine. "Feminist Theory and Gender Studies in International Relations." Feminist Theory & Gender Studies, International Studies Association.
Vogel, Traci. "Push Anywhere: An Interview with Nancy Hartsock." The Stranger.com. Vol. 10 no. 28. Mar 29-Apr 4, 2001.
Young, Robert M. "Science, Ideology and Donna Haraway." Has bibliography.
Indexes--Identify Articles
Look in these indexes for citations to articles. Check SAGE to see if CSU owns the journal(s).
ArticleFirst 1990- via "Databases" page.
Communication Abstracts P 87 .C65 REF SOUTH (1978- )
Contemporary Women's Issues 1990- via "Databases" page. Full text online.
IBSS via IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences) 1981- via "Databases" page.
ERIC 1966- via "Databases" page. After selecting this ERIC, click on "Continue to Advanced Search." Check EJ title ownership in SAGE, CSU owns ED titles that are "available" on microfiche. Check for not available ED titles in SAGE--CSU owns a number of them.
Content: Naomi Lederer