Artikel
In a class of their own : women's studies and working-class students
Verfasst von:
Jackson, Sue
in:
The European journal of women's studies
London [u.a.]:
1998
,
195 - 215 S.
| Weitere Suche mit: | |
|---|---|
Weitere Informationen
| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
|---|---|
| Verfasst von: | Jackson, Sue |
| In: | The European journal of women's studies |
| Jahr: | 1998 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Beschreibung: | |
| Surely if women at university are to have a class of their own, then the one place they will find it will be in the women's studies classroom. Students embark on women's studies believing that the course they are to follow is about them, directly related to their lived experiences. Women's studies is, after all, political, exploring women's experiences of oppression and resistance. Women's studies is a part of the struggle to abolish existing structures, locate oppression and challenge domination. Women's studies is where the stories of women are valued, where new knowledges are created and new meaning constructed. Isn't it? What happens when the women's studies classroom contains working-class women? If the academy is a male, middle-class (white, heterosexual, etc.) institution, are all but the first of these categories also true of that part of the academy that is women's studies? This article presents preliminary research among students on a women's studies degree and shows that working-class women (and the majority of those interviewed, despite finding "social class" difficult to define, do identify as working class) feel alienated from the academy, including women's studies, in terms of social class, especially with regard to language. The article moves on to discuss ways in which the women's studies classroom can recognize and value the contribution made by women in a (working) class of their own. | |
| Anmerkung: | |
| Literaturverz. | |
| Gesamten Bestand von Ariadne anzeigen | |
| Datensatz im Katalog der Einrichtung anzeigen | |