Full Description
How did feminism shape the rise of gender studies in Europe?
Using a generational lens, this book offers fresh insights and perspectives on the ongoing development and establishment of gender studies in Europe. With contributions from pioneering women scholars who built and sustained the European Sociological Association's Research Network 33, it provides an unprecedented history of how feminism and women's studies was the catalyst for a gender turn in academic thought.
Highlighting the interdisciplinary innovations feminism brought to the field, this is a vital exploration of the lasting impact of generations of scholars on European and global gender studies.
Contents
Series Editor Preface - Jennie Bristow
1. Introduction: The Generational Lens Applied to Gender Studies - Elisabetta Ruspini and Ana Vidu
Part I: Generations and Gendered Knowledge
2. From Feminism to Gender Studies: The Generational Thread - Elisabetta Ruspini
3. Generational Experiences of 'Gendering Social Sciences' in Europe and the Transnational Transformation of the Gender Order - Ursula Apitzsch
4. Exploring the Institutional Relationship Between Feminism, Gender Studies and Sociology in Europe - Consuelo Corradi and Stellamarina Donato
5. Generations in Context - Personal Orientations in Feminist Sociology Over Time and Space - Elina Oinas
Part II: From Feminism to Gender Studies: Opportunities and Challenges in Different Cultures
6. From Smuggling to Mainstream: Development of Women's and Gender Studies in the Academic Field in Slovenia - Jasna Podreka, Milica Antić Gaber and Veronika Tašner
7. From Emancipationists to "Dziewuchy", the Formation of the Feminist Movement and Women's Studies in Poland (1918-2023) - Barbara Kijewska and Elzbieta Czapka
8. Tracing the Institutional Journey: Gender Studies in Türkiye - Yeliz Kendir-Gök and Nilay Çabuk Kaya
9. An Intergenerational View: Attitudes Towards Gender Violence Against Women in Palestinian-Arab Society in Israel - Tal Meler and Raghda Alnabilsy
10. Embodied Crossings. Migration, Memories and Identities Across the Mediterranean - Monica Massari, Federica Cabras and Simona Miceli
11. Conclusions: Charting the Future of Gender Studies: Challenges, Transformations, and European Horizons - Ana Vidu
