Description

Women in Catholic Higher Education: Border Work, Living Experiences, and Social Justice examines the contemporary contradictions and tensions faced by women who teach and work in Catholic institutions of higher learning. Delving into discourse traditionally silenced by the Catholic hierarchy, this edited collection observes the ways in which patriarchal structures often hinder women's advancement within these institutions. The contributors describe their own conflicts and successes in their attempts to negotiate their academic careers and personal lives in the context of the clash between secular and Catholic patriarchal values. In their critical analysis, they extrapolate from their particular experiences and suggest concrete steps toward social justice for women in Catholic higher education. The risk-taking and creative thought inaugurated here by editors Sharlene Hesse-Biber and Denise Leckenby will undoubtedly serve as a model for other scholars fully engaged, both as professionals and as social individuals, in careers and lives on Catholic campuses.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Border Work, Living Experience, and Social Justice
Part 2 Feminist Border Work: Tensions and Contradictions
Chapter 3 What Doesn't Kill You Will Make You Strong: Black Women and Catholic Colleges
Chapter 4 Cultural Barriers Facing Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Studies
Chapter 5 Navigating Bi-Cultural Waters
Part 6 Living Experiences: Identity, Empowerment, and Action
Chapter 7 Women in God's Country: Teaching Gender Studies at Saint Michael's College
Chapter 8 Living the Experiences of a Feminist Faculty Member at a Catholic Institution
Chapter 9 Walking on a Wire and Weaving a Safety-Net: Women's Studies and Campus Administrative Offices
Chapter 10 No Sleep for the Lions: Women's Leadership in Catholic Higher Education
Part 11 Social Justice: The Ideal, the Reality, and the Quest
Chapter 12 The IP (Impostor Phenomenon) and Women in Theology
Chapter 13 Ex Corde: Constraint or Window of Opportunity?
Chapter 14 Mission and Ministry of American Catholic Colleges and Universities for the Next Century: Vocation and Dialogic Models for Social Justice
Chapter 15 Conclusion: Strife and Synthesis: Women and Women's Studies in Catholic Higher Education

Product details

Published Jun 18 2003
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 200
ISBN 9780739105825
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 227 x 148 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Sharlene Hesse-Biber

Anthology Editor

Denise Leckenby

Contributor

Carey Kaplan

Contributor

Susan Kuntz

Contributor

Patrick Love

Contributor

Stephanie Y. Mitchem

Stephanie Y. Mitchem is professor of religious stu…

Contributor

Joan A. Range

Contributor

Margaret Stetz

Contributor

Barbara E. Wall

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