Women's
Studies / Studi sulle donne (in italiano):
" multidisciplinary approach to the analysis and understanding of the position
and experience of woman in patriarchal societies both past and present. Emerging
alongside the growth of the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s, women's
studies programmes have been developed and expanded in higher education establishments
in Europe and the US. Informed essentially by a commitment to feminist theories,
methodologies and practice,women's studies programmes seek, via a woman-centred
approach to learning, to challenge the misrepresentation of women found in traditional
disciplines, including sociology. The content of women's studies courses has
been shaped by feminists working within the humanities, natural sciences and
social sciences. They have also been shaped by feminists working in the community,
particularly in women's organizations. Thus women's studies programmes have
emerged out of women's direct experience of and responce to sexual exploitation
and oppression. An essential aim of women's studies is to render visible women's
engagement with society and culture whilst making explicit the masculine biases
under-pinning traditional knowledge. Women's studies programmes seek to challenge
all major forms of discrimination and to question the rigid boundaries demarcating
one academic subject from another. As such, they provide a radical critique
of established academic knowledge and educational practice. The content of such
programmes varies but most courses aim to combine a feminist anlysis of women's
oppression with the development of practical skills such as assertiveness training.
Traditional methods of teaching and assessment are reevaluated in the light
of women's needs and links are drawn between theoretical concerns and the daily
experience of women". (Jary David e Jary Julia, Collins
Dictionary of Sociology, 1991, Glasgow, Herprer Collins)
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