Women's Studies Faculty Publications
Bonnie Thornton Dill and Ruth Enid Zambrana
Emerging Intersections: Race, Class, and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice
"This collection is smart, up to date, and relevant to our times. I wish I could put it in the hands of every university president!"
- Mary Margaret Fonow, Arizona State University"In a context of practices such as proclaiming that racism is dead under the banner of colorblind racism, of claiming that women are equal to men because gender-neutral social policies seem to be in force, and the erasure of poverty as a social problem via mass-media amnesia, it becomes even more important to cast the critical analytical lens of intersectionality on prevailing social inequalities. By approaching some of the most significant social science research through intersectional frameworks, Emerging Intersections raises a clarion call for the next generation of scholar/activists who inherit the very large task of using it to foster social justice.--from the foreword by Patricia Hill Collins Purchase
Amy McLaughlin, Bonnie Thornton Dill, Sharon Harley, and Deborah Rosenfelt
"Instituting a Legacy of Change: Transforming the Campus Climate at the
University of Maryland through Intellectual Leadership"
Using case studies from universities throughout the nation, Doing Diversity in Higher Education examines the role faculty play in improving diversity on their campuses. The power of professors to enhance diversity has long been underestimated, their initiatives often hidden from view. Winnifred Brown-Glaude and her contributors uncover major themes and offer faculty and administrators a blueprint for conquering issues facing campuses across the country. Topics include how to dismantle hostile microclimates, sustain and enhance accomplishments, deal with incomplete institutionalization, and collaborate with administrators. The contributors' essays portray working on behalf of diversity as a genuine intellectual project rather than a faculty "service."
The rich variety of colleges and universities included provides a wide array of models that faculty can draw upon to inspire institutional change. Purchase
Seung-kyung Kim
Class Struggle or Family Struggle? The Lives of Women Factory Workers in South Korea
This study complements the burgeoning literature on South Korean economic development by considering it from the perspective of young female factory workers. In approaching development from this position, Kim explores the opportunity and exploitation that development has presented to female workers and humanizes the notion of the ‘Korean economic miracle’ by examining its impact on their lives. Kim looks at the conflicts and ambivalences of young women as they participate in the industrial work force and simultaneously grapple with defining their roles in respect to marriage and motherhood within conventional family structures. The book explores the women’s individual and collective struggles to improve their positions and examines their links with other political forces within the labor movement. She analyses how female workers envision their place in society, how they cope with economic and social marginalisation in their daily lives, and how they develop strategies for a better future. Purchase
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