Classics & Feminism: Gendering the ClassicsStudies of the impact of modern feminism on the discipline and profession of classics in the United States. Combining a wide-ranging overview of historical and current developments with in-depth analysis and examples, the book has relevance for anyone interested in the role of feminism in the academy. Because the history of classics has been so deeply implicated in androcentric structures of knowledge and patriarchal social patterns, it illustrates with exceptional clarity many issues endemic to academic feminism as a whole. Provides an illuminating analysis of the complex gender performance demanded of academic women as disembodied scholars. Defines and illustrates the distinctive aspects of a feminist approach to scholarship and argues that gender analysis is crucially important in traditionally masculine areas as well as in the study of women. Explains the theoretical and methodological principles developed by feminist classical scholars seeking to recover information about women from scanty and scattered evidence filtered through centuries of patriarchal interpretation. 01 |
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... classicists of her era . It seems clear that Smith was not only very tal- ented and determined ( qualities that other women classicists similarly pos- sessed ) but also extraordinarily lucky - first , to find a male mentor who was ...
... classicists but also historians of women's education in the United States . The many excellent studies produced by the latter largely neglect the significant role played by classics , and the studies of the classical tradition in ...
... classicists in America attempted to ignore , downplay , or even thwart women in the profession ; it is also easy to see why the image of the ideal classical scholar in America had remained so decidedly masculine even as late as 1971 ...
Contents
THE GENDERING OF THE CLASSICS | 1 |
THE GENDERING | 15 |
COMMUNICATING CLASSICS | 119 |
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