========================================================================= Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 10:08:20 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Elliott Anathema Subject: Re: women's wire Women's Wire isn't really a list, it's an Internet service that you suscribe too, rather like America Online or Compuserve. It has a lot of different newsgroups, chat rooms and such. WW also features daily updates on women's news and articles from the excellent Women's Feature Service. For more information, call them at 1-800-210-9999. Soon there will be WW "rooms" in Compuserve and one other service, can't remember which one right now. Elliott writerdyke@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1995 07:05:26 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: beatrice Subject: Re: Women/Birth Control In-Reply-To: Message of Mon, 10 Jul 1995 18:07:44 -0400 from A comment of interest on women doing research on birth control: A friend in India, one of the rare females in science research there, avoids studies such studies at her Immunology Institute (the idea is to make females immune to sperm) because from what she's seen, there's a big risk that her findings will be used prematurely for contraceptions. i.e, the researchers have no control over what is done with their findings and women are in danger of getting devices based on inadequate research. I wonder if that problem occurs here, too. beatrice bfdgc@cunyvm.cuny.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 10:04:16 +1000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Elizabeth Milewicz Subject: Book reviews for ANZJS ANZJS (Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology) has received the following books for review: Kenji Kosaka 'Social Stratification in Contemporary Japan ' (Kegan Paul International) Nozomu Kawamura 'Sociology and Society in Japan' (Kegan Paul International) David Harvey 'Potter Addition: Poverty, Family and Kinship in a Heartland Community' (Aldine de Gruyter) Cecilie Hoigard and Liv Finstad 'Backstreets: Prostitution, Money and Love' (Polity Press). Susan Hekman 'Gender and Knowledge: Elements of a Postmodern Feminism' (Polity Press) If you are interested in reviewing the above, please drop me a line. Cheers Elizabeth Editorial Assistant ANZ.JS@sociol.utas.edu.au ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1995 23:16:28 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Te-Yu R Chang Subject: Re: Graduate Programs w/ Theory In-Reply-To: <199507121909.PAA09793@holmes.umd.edu>; from "Elizabeth Mazur" at Jul 12, 95 3:05 pm Hello, I'm posting this message for a friend. She is looking for a graduate program in women's studies with an emphasis in theory. Does anyone know of good programs out there. Please respond privately. Many thanks in advance. Ruth Chang tchang@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 09:00:43 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Elaine Hedges Subject: Proposals for a workshop at EAAS The workshop, "European American Studies and U. S. Feminist F(r)iction: Contacts and Contamination," is soliciting proposals for the European Association of American Studies conference to be held in Warsaw, Poland, March 21-24, 1996. The overall conference topic is "American Culture and its Impact, 1946-1996." The workshop will focus on feminist discourse, both imaginative and documentary, as it is born in one place, received and altered in another, and then perhaps relaunched, often finding its way "home" in a different guise (for example, "French" feminism in the U. S.). Participants are invited to explore the controversial aspects of U. S. (colonial?) influence on a variety of issues. Suggested topics might include the influence of U. S. women's studies on and in the post-Communist world of Europe; Alice Walker's influence on the current discourse on excision in Europe; Barbara Wilson's role in the popularity of lesbian detective fiction, especially in Germany; African-American women's studies in the U. S. as a model for a focus on hyphenated women in European countries; the impact of U. S. ecofeminist theory and practice on European thinking about the environment(al crisis). Other topics that fit the broad workshop focus are welcome. Please send a paper or abstract of 200-300 words, a one-page c.v., and fax and e-mail addresses to Elaine Hedges, Women's Studies, Towson State University, Baltimore, MD 21204-7097. Fax: 410 830 3469 e-mail: e7w8hed@toe.towson.edu Official deadline for receipt of papers or proposals is September 15, but materials received by end of September will be considered.ther information cona ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 08:42:00 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Samuelson Subject: Re: feminist theory anthologies confirmed ---------- From: WMST-L To: Multiple recipients of list WMST-L Subject: Re: feminist theory anthologies Date: Thursday, July 13, 1995 9:02AM Please confirm that this has reached you privately without copies going to WMST. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 10:22:15 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Heather Munro Prescott, Department of History" Subject: information sought on women who are childless by choic I am seeking information on support groups, discussion groups, electronic resources, etc. on women (and couples) who are childless by choice. I am _not_ interested in information on infertility, as I already have enough information on that subject. Please reply privately. Thanks, Heather Munro Prescott History Department Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT 06050 prescott@csusys.ctstateu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 10:27:30 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Myrna Goldenberg Subject: Re: feminist theory anthologies In-Reply-To: <199507171344.JAA10664@holmes.umd.edu> I'm confused. Who did you want to reach? This is myrnag@umd.umd.edu On Mon, 17 Jul 1995, Joan Samuelson wrote: > confirmed > ---------- > From: WMST-L > To: Multiple recipients of list WMST-L > Subject: Re: feminist theory anthologies > Date: Thursday, July 13, 1995 9:02AM > > Please confirm that this has reached you privately without copies going > to WMST. > ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 09:32:42 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Sherry E. Fulton" Subject: Re: feminist theory anthologies This has reached me but I dont know whether it is as part of list or personally ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 11:13:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: STOP THESE CONFIRM MESSAGES! ENOUGH ENOUGH ENOUGH!! Please do not send confirmations or "I'm confused" messages to WMST-L. The person who sent the initial "please confirm" message was wrong to send it to WMST-L, as were the people who replied publicly. NEVER NEVER NEVER send test messages or "please confirm" messages to WMST-L. NEVER. And if someone DOES send such a message, DO NOT REPLY VIA WMST-L!!! I realize that some people are on mail systems that may make it hard to tell whether the message is coming from WMST-L. On such systems, there's often a command you can give that will show you more of the header (when you're reading a message in Pine, for example, if you hit H for "header" you will see a vastly expanded header: if you see WMST-L anywhere in that expanded header, the message is from WMST-L and replies are likely to go back to WMST-L [unless someone has set a reply-to header to force the replies back to her]). If need be, ask your system's computer support people for help with the techniques you can use to find out whether messages are coming from WMST-L. Please be considerate of your fellow subscribers. DO NOT SEND OR REPLY TO TEST MESSAGES ON WMST-L. And please do not reply to this message via WMST-L, either. Many thanks. Joan Korenman ***************************************************************************** * Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu * * U. of Md. Baltimore County Bitnet: korenman@umbc * * Baltimore, MD 21228-5398 * * * * The only person to have everything done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe * ***************************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 11:33:17 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jaime Grant Subject: Gender, Culture & Global Politics Garland Publishing announces Gender, Culture & Global Politics, a new series on international feminist and cultural studies. The series seeks to represent the best work in comparative feminist analysis, and is designed to address the significance of gender in analyzing new developments in international political, ideological, and economic relations. Chandra Talpade Mohanty, series editor, invites manuscripts and proposals for studies and anthologies of new articles. Please direct inquiries and submissions to: Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Hamilton College, Women's Studies Program, Clinton, NY 13323. (315)859-4281 phone, (315)859-4185 fax, e-mail: ctm3@cornell.edu Chandra Talpade Mohanty is also a faculty member of The Union Instiutute Graduate School. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 09:33:17 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ellyn Kaschak Subject: Re: Chaos/Complexity Reseearmm It's been a while since your posting, but I wanted to let you know that I am also out here trying to work on chaos and complexity theory as applied to feminist epistemology. It is not a simple (!) task. What precisely are you working on. You can respond to me directly at Ellynk@eworld.com if there is not more general interest in this topic, which there does not seem to be??? Ellyn Kaschak ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 13:01:53 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Melanee Cherry Subject: reference sought on children and television viewing I am trying to locate a study (conducted within the last five years) which found that children now spend more time in front of a television than in a classroom. Please respond privately if you have a citation for this study or any other research related to this topic. Thanks, Melanee Cherry ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 18:48:03 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kathy Burdette Subject: inforM update The following files have been added to inforM: -asian american women business owners -black women business owners -american indian/alaska native women business owners -hispanic origin women business owners -women of hispanic origin in the labor force -women business owners -benefits to employers who hire women veterans -women in the skilled trades and in other manual occupations -caring for elderly family members -women in management These files are reports from the Women's Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor. To access the inforM database, telnet or gopher to INFORM.UMD.EDU. (If you do not know how to telnet or gopher, contact a local computer wizard, or try typing "telnet inform.umd.edu" or "gopher inform.umd.edu" at the main prompt of your computer account). Hit return to set the default terminal type or type "?" for a list of choices. Use either your arrow keys or number keys to select -> 4. Educational Resources 2. Academic Resources by Topic 21. Women's Studies Resources 9. Gender Issues 8. Women in the Workforce The Gopher interface has a feature that allows users to send files to their e-mail accounts. After selecting a file, either scroll to the end of the file or type "q", then press "m". The system will then prompt you for your email address. The inforM system is also accessible by anonymous ftp. FTP to INFORM.UMD.EDU. Login as "anonymous", and use your mail address as a password. Choose the "inforM" directory by typing "cd inforM". The command "cd [directory name]" will change the directory. The commands "dir" or "ls" will display a list of files in that directory. Use the command "get [filename]" to download a file into your account. The FTP pathname for this directory is: EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/GenderIssues/WomenInWorkforce Your local Gopher System may be set up to automatically link to the Women's Studies Database. Check the "Other Systems" or "Other Gophers" directory or ask your system administrator for help. Even if you do not have real Internet access, it is still possible to get files from inforM. If you are interested in this option, please email me and I will forward a file written by Mark Whitis that explains how to do this. Please remember that the system is case sensitive. Anything that appears in quotes must be typed exactly as it is here. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Kathy Burdette inforM, Room 4343 Coordinator, Women's Studies Database Computer Science Center burdette@inform.umd.edu University of Maryland (301) 405-2939 College Park, Maryland 20742 =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 14:48:54 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Anne McLeer Subject: info request - Catholic rituals Hallo everyone, I'm (still) doing a thesis on the cult of the Virgin Mary in Ireland. Does anyone have any references to articles, books etc. about Catholic church rituals that involve women - I am particularly interested in 'Churching', thanks in advance, Anne McLeer amcleer@macollamh.ucd.ie ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 10:39:47 +1200 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: On-Kwok Lai Subject: subcription of WMST-List Dear Colleague, could you advise me on or put me into subscription of WMST-L. many thanks! regards, On-Kwok LAI ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 20:35:22 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: liora moriel Subject: Re: information sought on women who are childless by choic In-Reply-To: <199507171426.KAA03139@holmes.umd.edu> You've raised an interesting topic, and one that ties in with my per research project on a rethinking of the fiction of the family. I'd appreciate help from list participants about books and other resources about alternative thinking on the family. Thanks. Liora Moriel lioram@wam.umd.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 22:17:48 -0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Shaula Evans Subject: Re: nformation sought on women who are childless by choice >Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 20:35:22 -0400 >From: liora moriel >Subject: Re: information sought on women who are childless by choic >You've raised an interesting topic, and one that ties in with my per >research project on a rethinking of the fiction of the family. I'd >appreciate help from list participants about books and other resources >about alternative thinking on the family. Thanks. >Liora Moriel >lioram@wam.umd.edu Dear Liora, If you or the original poster are including any cross cultural work, I can send you references on the "motherhood myth" in Japan. Please let me know. Shaula Evans sevans@awinc.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 23:32:03 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Sarah H. Perry" Subject: Issues in women's Health (fwd) I'm forwarding this from the Nursing Research list because I am sure that certain people on this list have done this kind of class. Since Ms. Lindberg is not on WMST-L, please reply to her personally at rather than to the list. Thank you for whatever help you can give her. Sarah Perry ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 08:30:33 EDT From: Claire E. Lindberg To: Multiple recipients of list NURSERES Subject: Issues in women's Health ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I am a faculty member in a university based school of nursing. Next spring we are giving a course on Women's Health (issues?) to non-nurses through the women's studies department. If you have had experience with such a course (as a student or faculty), or would like to take such a course at some time, I would be interested in hearing your ideas about what to include in the curriculum, what books, films, etc to use. You can write to me via the list or at CULINDBERG@AOL.COM ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 09:59:43 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jaime Grant Subject: Annual Award THE UNION INSTITUTE CENTER FOR WOMEN AUDRE LORDE LEGACY AWARD The Union Institute Center for Women (DC) is the only university-based women's center devoted primarily to coalition work between women scholars and community activists. As such we proudly announce the establishment of the Audre Lorde Legacy Award for Women's and/or Multicultural Studies. This annual award of $1,000 will be granted each February for exemplary work in fostering academic/activist coalitions. The Audre Lorde Legacy Award will go to a scholar who has successfully created, out of her/his scholarship, action projects at the grassroots level or an activist who has successfully transformed relevant scholarship into community-based action. The winner will be selected from a national pool of applicants by an Award Committee whose members are of diverse racial and cultural heritages and whose contributions to activism and academia have been great. Application deadline: November 15, 1995. Award recipients will be notified on February 1, 1996. For an application and a copy of award guidelines send a SASE after July 31 to: The Union Institute Center for Women 1710 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, #1100 Washington, DC 20036-3007 (202)496-1630 phone (202)496-1635 fax ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 11:22:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: language file;sexuality CFP;technology directory The following three announcements may interest WMST-L readers: 1) inclusive language discussion now a file 2) CFP: Sexuality and Cyberspace 3) women in technology directory available For more information, please contact the people named in the announcements, not WMST-L. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) ************************************************************* 1) New file: INCLUSIV LANGUAGE I have just put most of the messages from the recent WMST-L discussion about gender-inclusive/exclusive language into a file that people can access. To get it, send the message GET INCLUSIV LANGUAGE [yes, INCLUSIV without an E] to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU . If you want to be absolutely sure that it comes as a mail message rather than a file, add F=MAIL at the end of your command: GET INCLUSIV LANGUAGE F=MAIL . Warning: the file is 1441 lines long; some mail systems may have a problem with so long a message. If you have a Bitnet connection, you may be better off not adding F=MAIL. (Internet-only addresses must receive this as mail.) To get a list of all WMST-L files, add a second line that says INDEX WMST-L . Be sure to send these messages to LISTSERV, **NOT** to WMST-L. Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc *************************************************************************** 2) CALL FOR PAPERS on SEXUALITY AND CYBERSPACE *************************************************************************** A Special Issue of Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory Edited by: Stacy Horn and Theresa Senft ************************************************************************** Freud called femininity the Dark Continent of human sexuality. Has sexuality become the Dark Continent of cyberspace? We are seeking contributions to Vol. 9 #1 (Issue 17) of our publication Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory, entitled "Sexuality and Cyberspace". In this issue, we will deploy creative uses of feminist and performance theories, in order to explore the world of the internet and on-line computerized communications. At this time, we are soliciting scholarly articles, art work and experimental pieces of writing that concern sexuality and cyberspace. Specific topics you might want to address in your work include: -- citizenship, nationalism, minority space, and cyberspace --questions of the "real body" with regard to writing versus 'speech' , in electronic communications --questions of the relationship between "rights", universal access, and bourgeois privilege in cyberspace. --writing and the performance of gender in cyberspace --pornography and new media; new media as pornography The editors for this issue are Stacy Horn, an NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program Faculty member and Owner of Echo Communications, a New York City based on-line service known for its industry-high 45% female subscription base, and Theresa Senft, a co-host of Echo's Queer Issues Conference, and Women & Performance Staff member. Additionally, as part of our community outreach effort, Women & Performance plans to produce a "Feminist Yellow Pages of Cyberspace." If you have resources you would like listed in the Yellow Pages, or you know of feminist resources that have been overlooked and under-reported by the mainstream journalism devoted to New Media, please forward that information to the address below: SEND SUBMISSIONS BY SEPTEMBER 10, 1995 TO: Theresa M. Senft Women & Performance New York University Dept. of Performance Studies 721 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY 10003 (212) 998-1625 email : janedoe@echonyc.com *************************************************************************** 3) **New Resource on the Web for Women in Technological Fields** The Women in Technology Directory is a professional directory for women in technological fields. The purpose of the WiT Directory is to facilitate and encourage women's ability to network with one another. The Directory can be searched by keywords to find women working in designated fields; women with specific areas of expertise; or women working at institutions or organizations with which the user would like to collaborate or find further information. The aim of this directory is to aid in collaboration, mentoring, and career advancement for women. The URL for the Women in Technology Directory is http://www.sdsu.edu/wit For further information or comments on the WiT Directory, email to: Gabrielle Gillota wit@sciences.sdsu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 11:23:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 3 academic job announcements The following 3 academic job announcements may interest WMST-L readers: 1) History of Science (WS & Hist. of Science, Harvard U.) 2) Humanities/Gender Studies (Long Island Univ.) 3) English drama (inc. feminist/gender theory) - Australia (ANU) For more information, please contact the people named in the announcements, not WMST-L or me. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) ************************************************************* 1) Position: History of Science Institution: Harvard University History of Science: The Department of the History of Science and the Committee on Degrees in Women's Studies of Harvard University invite applications for the Zemurray-Stone Radcliffe Professorship. The candidate should be a scholar of distinction whose work relates to issues of gender and women in the history of science. While the scientific discipline and the chronological period are open the candidate should display a commitment to rigorous empirical historical study and broad interdisciplinary analytical interests. Both the Department of the History of Scienceand the Committee look for a strong dedication to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level. Applications and inquiries should be addresses to Professors Everett Mendelsohn and Alice Jardine, Chairs of the Search Committee, c/o The Department of the History of Science, Science Center 235, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138. The closing date for applications is October 15, 1995. Harvard University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. From: The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 21, 1995 **************************************************************************** Position: Humanities - Gender Studies Institution: Long Island University Southampton Location: New York Humanities/Gender Studies: Friends World Program of Long Island University at Southampton invites applications for a possible tenure track position in humanities/gender studies beginning September 1, 1995. Friends World is a global, interdisciplinary, experiential program that seeks faculty with a progressive philosophy of education. The successful candidate will have international experience, strong mentorship skills and have engaged in participatory field work. A terminal degree is required. Send letter of application, statement of teaching philosophy, vita and three letters of reference to: Dr. Hugh McGuinness, Chair of Search Committee, FWP, LIU/Southampton, Southampton, New York 11968. We are committed to affirmative action and equal opportunity employment. From: The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 21, 1995 **************************************************************************** Position: Lecturer in English Institution: Australian National University LECTURER IN ENGLISH, (LEVEL B) - (CONTINUING) Department of English, Faculty of Arts The Australian National University Applications are invited for a continuing Lectureship in English in the Department of English in the Faculty of Arts. Candidates must have a strong commitment to and demonstrated excellence in both teaching and research and an active involvement with and understanding of drama in English (including Renaissance drama). Candidates who have additional interests and expertise in American literature, postcolonial literatures or feminist/gender theory may be at an advantage. The appointee will be expected to teach a range of courses, including drama courses, and to play active roles in supervising honours and graduate students, and in Departmental and University administration. Candidates should include a statement of their research plans with their applications. The position is available from the beginning of January 1996. Enquiries: Professor Iain R. Wright, Department of English, Faculty of Arts, telephone: (61 6) 249-2703 or (61 6) 249-2884; fax (61 6) 249-3244; e-mail: IainWright@anu.edu.au. Further particulars and selection criteria are available from the Secretary, telephone: (61 6) 249-4566 or fax: (61 6) 249-5011. Closing date: 14 August 1995; Ref: FA 28.6.1. Salary: $A42,198-$A50,111 p.a. Applications addressing the selection criteria should be submitted in duplicate to the Secretary, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200 Australia quoting reference number and including a curriculum vitae, list of publications, names, addresses and fax numbers of three referees. The University has a ``no-smoking'' policy in all University buildings and vehicles. THE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. From: The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 21, 1995 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 11:39:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Allison Hirschman Subject: grad programs? I was wondering if anyone has/ knows of a list of schools/colleges/universities that offer graduate programs (masters or phd) in Women's Studies. Thanks- Allison Hirschman Women's Studies Union College hirschma@gar.union.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 08:48:37 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Betty J Glass Subject: Re: information sought on women who are childless by choic In-Reply-To: <199507190037.UAA20026@holmes.umd.edu> VanEvery, Jo. _Heterosexual Women Changing the Family_ is a new book out addressing ways feminists are trying to incorporate non-sexist values into personal lifestyles. It may relate somewhat to your topic. The book jacket mentioned equal division of childcare, along with financial arrangements and equitable sharing of household chores. Betty glass@UNR.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 11:52:17 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Angela Laviela Cotten Subject: Re: Book reviews for ANZJS In-Reply-To: <9507170000.AA18169@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> Elizabeth Milewicz: i am interested in reviewing Susan Hekman's book; could you please send information on the procedures. thank you, angela cotten (emory university) On Mon, 17 Jul 1995, Elizabeth Milewicz wrote: > ANZJS (Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology) has received the > following books for review: > > > Kenji Kosaka 'Social Stratification in Contemporary Japan ' (Kegan Paul > International) > > Nozomu Kawamura 'Sociology and Society in Japan' (Kegan Paul International) > > David Harvey 'Potter Addition: Poverty, Family and Kinship in a Heartland > Community' (Aldine de Gruyter) > > Cecilie Hoigard and Liv Finstad 'Backstreets: Prostitution, Money and > Love' (Polity Press). > > Susan Hekman 'Gender and Knowledge: Elements of a Postmodern Feminism' > (Polity Press) > > > If you are interested in reviewing the above, please drop me a line. > > Cheers > > Elizabeth > Editorial Assistant > > ANZ.JS@sociol.utas.edu.au > ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 11:58:18 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Angela Laviela Cotten Subject: Re: Graduate Programs w/ Theory In-Reply-To: <9507170634.AA28608@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu> dear r. chang emory university in atlanta, ga has an excellent program in theory (critical, post-structural, postmodernest, feminist); i recommend it because more than half the grad. students "do" theory with in terms of women's existence and literature and the director, dr. martin watson browley, and myself started a "theory" ready group (outside the classroom) one year ago and continues to exist, even during the summers. so there is curriculum and extra-curriculam interest and focus on theory and its possibilites. hope this is helpful, angela cotten ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 13:05:30 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kelli Zaytoun Byrne Subject: Jill Ker Conway A faculty women's reading group on our campus is interested in inviting Jill Ker Conway to speak this Spring. Does anyone know where she is or how to contact her publicist? Thanks! Please respond to KBYRNE@desire.wright.edu Kelli Zaytoun Byrne ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 14:41:11 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Karen L. Ogulnick" Subject: organization of gender, communication, and language conference In-Reply-To: <01HT1WQQ2MLE1QFX2J@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU> If anyone is planning on going to this conference in Minnesota Oct.19-21 and is looking for a roommate, please drop me a line. Thank you. Karen Ogulnick KLO2208@is2.nyu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 20:49:59 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kristina Schelbert Brown Subject: Re: Book reviews for ANZJS Interested in Hekman's book. -Kristina S. Brown ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 16:45:31 +1200 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lynne Alice Subject: L/SL-Women's Studies at Otago U. L/SL-WStudies - A95/69 UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO Te Whare Wananga o Otago Dunedin, New Zealand LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER IN WOMEN'S STUDIES Applications are invited for a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Women's Studies. Applicants should have a PhD in Women's Studies or in a related area, and a strong record of research in a field of Women's Studies. They should be fully conversant and engaged with contemporary feminist theory. Preference will be given to applicants with expertise which complements that of existing staff in the programme. In particular, candidates with expertise in one or more of the following fields will be given special consideration: social theory, research methods, social policy, political science, or philosophy. Knowledge of the New Zealand/Pacific context will be an advantage, as will a commitment to innovative teaching. In the first instance, the successful applicant will teach the core theory paper at second year, and a third year course to be determined. In future years contribution to other levels, including contribution to the planning and teaching of a graduate programme, will be expected. The successful candidate will have personal qualities enabling them to work positively and professionally in the context of a small programme, and to share administrative duties. The appointment will be made at a level commensurate with the publication record and teaching experience of the successful candidate. The position is available from 1 February 1996. Salary: Lecturer $37,440-$49,088 per annum Senior Lecturer $52,000-$67,080 per annum Enquiries may be made to Dr Annabel Cooper, Women's Studies Programme, University of Otago, Box 56, Dunedin (phone 64-3-479 8939, email: annabel.cooper@stonebow.otago.ac.nz), or from the Registrar, Dr D.W. Girvan, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand (fax 64-3-474 1607). Applicants should send a full curriculum vitae, together with the names of two referees, to the Registrar, Dr D.W. Girvan, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand by 15 September 1995. Applications should quote reference number A95/69 . Equal opportunity in employment is University policy. ___________________________________________________________ INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES for appointment as LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER IN WOMEN'S STUDIES in the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand 1.General Information A statement of general information and conditions of appointment for all academic posts within the University is attached. 2.Women's Studies Women's Studies is taught as a three-year interdisciplinary major in the Division of Humanities. Degree students normally include WSST101 Women and Change, WSST201 Aspects of Feminist Theory, WSST202 Women in Society, WSST301 Feminist Theory, and one or both of WSST303 Women and the (Re)production of Sexuality, and WSST 304 Theorising Autobiography. They also normally include at second and third-year an approved course taught in another department. Approved courses are taught in the Departments of Art History and Theory, Classics, Education, English, French, History, Maori, Religious Studies, Russian, and Social and Preventive Medicine. The Women's Studies staff place emphasis on the development of interdisciplinary practice and on innovative, interactive teaching. 3.Staff The Convenor of the Advisory Committee on Women's Studies, which oversees the programme, is Professor Jocelyn Harris. The teaching and administrative staff consists of two lecturers: Annabel Cooper (BA Hons, PhD Otago) whose background is in English (presently lecturer-in-charge). Research interests: politics of representation and cultural history, especially autobiography, and gender and war. Sarah Williams (BA Mankato, MA NY State, PhD UCSC), whose background is in Anthropology. Research interests: feminist cultural studies, specifically feminist, postcolonial anthropology and cyborg sexualities. It is hoped that the current position will be filled by a candidate whose strengths complement those of the present two lecturers. An annual grant provides assistance with tutorials. Administrative assistance is provided through the English Department. 4.Duties The successful applicant will initially be responsible for the core second-year course, WSST201 Aspects of Feminist Theory, and for a third-year course to be determined through discussion with the candidate. In future years contribution to other levels, including contribution to the planning and teaching of a graduate programme, will be expected. The new appointment will also be expected to maintain a programme of research and scholarship in Women's Studies. Some administrative responsibilities, depending on the level of appointment, will also be expected. 5.Salary Lecturer $37,440 - $49,088 per annum Senior Lecturer $52.000 - $60,944 per annum 6.Date of appointment The position is available from 1 Februrary 1996. Full teaching duties commence at the beginning of the 1996 academic year, which runs from February until December. 7.Appointment procedures Applications close on 15 September 1995. The committee wishes to make the appointment as soon as possible after that date. University of Otago P.O. Box 56 Dunedin NEW ZEALAND Telephone: 64-3-479 1100 Facsimilie: 64-3-474 1607 July 1995 Ref: A95/69 Women's Studies, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222 Palmerston North, Aotearoa (New Zealand). Tel. (06) 350.4938 or 350.4417 Fax (06) 350.5627. URL:http://cc-server7.massey.ac.nz:70/1/massey/facs/socsci/progs/wm ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 08:49:46 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: beatrice Subject: Re: information sought on women who are childless by choic In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 18 Jul 1995 20:35:22 -0400 from Two sources for new ways of thinking about families:Capturing Complexity: An Interdisciplinary Look at women, households and development. Romy Borooah, Ed. Sage. 1994 essays deal with households production, rural supports, economic needs and caregiving, fertility behavior, nutrition and health, methodological concepts. Many clues here for everyone, tho the focus is on "development." Kumkum Sangari's The `Amenities of Domestic Life': Questions on Labor, Social Scientist, Sept/Nov 1993, vol. 21, nos. 9-11, 3-46. Published in India, thus in that context, but new ideas for US, also, for analyses. Also a book on fictions of mother-child bonding, published here a year or two ago; can't recall author or title. beatrice bfdgc@cunyvm.cuny.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 09:25:24 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Katherine Side Subject: Re: information sought on women who are childless by choic In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 20 Jul 1995 08:49:46 EDT from Anyone who has done any extensive research on childless/free by choice will probably already know some or all of these texts: Bartlett, Jane Will You Be A Mother? Women Who Choose To Say No London, Virago (1994) Marshall, Helen Not Having Children Melbourne, Oxford University Press (1993) Reti, Irene [Ed.] Childless By Choice: A Feminist Anthology Santa Cruz, HerBooks (1992) Morell, Carolyn Unwomanly Conduct: The Challenges of Intentioal Childlessness New York, Routledge (1994) Tyler May, Elaine Barren in The Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness Harper Collins Basic Books (1995) I also have a note about a book called Why Children (by Dowrick & Grunberg) but have no further reference to it. Katherine Side klside@vm1.yorku.ca ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 10:58:54 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jaime Grant Subject: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press GET INVOLVED WITH THE KITCHEN TABLE PRESS HOUSE PARTY CAMPAIGN Founded in 1981, Kitchen Table is the only press in the US committed to publishing and distributing the writing of Third World women of all racial/cultural heritages and sexualities. The Union Institute Center for Women (DC) is a university-based women's center devoted to building coalitions between women academics and grassroots organizers. The Kitchen Table Press House Party Campaign is a national, grassroots fundraising campaign to benefit the Press. 22 house parties have raised over $27,000 to date. House Partied are being organized in the following cities: Brooklyn, NY Decatur, GA Dekalb, IL Richmond, IN Roxbury, MA Washington, DC Folks are needed to support the Campaign at all levels -- attend a party, organize your own party, bring enough salsa and chips for 50 people. For more information on the Kitchen Table Press House Party Campaign contact Tricia Bonica, TUI Center for Women -- grant@tmn.com or (800)969-6676. Thank you. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 10:17:09 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Miriam Harris Subject: Magnitation: definition Is anyone familiar with the term "magnitation"? it seems to have to do with sexual restraint or abstinence and linked to ideas on companionate marriage and a rebellion against the institution of marriage and family life. However I cannot find it in any dictionary. Was there some kind of ideology linked with communitarian living early in this century, say 1917 - 20, that embraced such a concept. Please reply to mharris@utdallas.edu Thank you Miriam Harris ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 10:24:38 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Betty J Glass Subject: obituary for May Sarton (fwd) FYI, Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1995 14:44:02 -0800 My apologies for repeating news you may already know. The following obituary by Mel Gussow appears in the NY Times. May Sarton, poet, novelist and the strongest of individualists, died Sunday at the York Hospital in York, Maine, the town in which she had lived for many years. She was a stoical figure in American culture, writing about love, solitude and the search for self-knowledge. She was 83. The cause of death was breast cancer, said Susan Sherman, a close friend and editor of her letters. During a remarkably prolific career that stretched from early sonnets published in 1929 in Poetry magazine to ``Coming Into Eighty'' her latest collection of poems, in 1994, Ms. Sarton persistently followed her own path and was nurtured by an inner lyricism. She wrote more than 20 books of fiction and many works of nonfiction, including autobiographies and journals, a play and several screenplays. She was best known and most highly regarded as a poet. Extremely popular on college campuses, she became a heroine to feminists. In 1965, when she revealed that she was a lesbian, she said she lost two jobs as a result. But as with so much in her life, she had no regrets. In an interview with Enid Nemy in The New York Times in 1983, Ms. Sarton was described as ``a commanding, no-nonsense figure with clear blue eyes and a shock of white hair,'' a woman who lived in ``self-imposed loneliness'' in a weathered clapboard house on the Maine coast. She had, it was said, a difficult life; her work has been virtually ignored by major critics and she gained her reputation primarily by word of mouth. The poet said, ``Women have been my muse.'' Recovering from a stroke, and while often in pain from other ailments, she continued to keep a journal, and in 1993 published ``Encore: A Journal of the 80th Year.'' In it, she said, ``I write poems, have always written them, to transcend the painfully personal and reach the universal.'' She add ed, ``It's hard to say goodbye to journals, and if I live to be 85 I might resume one for the joy of it.'' In The New York Times Book Review, the novelist Sheila Ballantyne, reviewing ``Anger,'' Ms. Sarton's 1982 novel, wrote: ``It is clear that May Sarton's best work, whatever its form, will endure well beyond the influence of particular reviews or current tastes. For in it she is an example: a seek er after truth with a kind of awesome energy for renewal, an ardent explorer of life's important questions. Her great strength is that when she achieves insight, one believes - because one has witnessed the struggle that preceded the knowledge.'' Ms. Sarton was born in Wondelgem in Belgium in 1914, as Eleanore Marie Sarton. Her father was a Belgian historian of science, her mother an English artist and designer. With the outbreak of World War I, the Sartons emigrated to England and, in 1916, to the United States, where her name was Angli cized to Eleanor May Sarton. As she later recalled in ``I Knew a Phoenix: Sketches for an Autobiography,'' her mother carried with her from Belgium a copy of ``Leaves of Grass,'' and passed on a love of poetry to her daughter. In 1918, the Sartons settled in Cambridge, Mass. At Shady Hill School in Cambridge, the young woman explored her passion for poetry and then fell into difficulty at high school because she objected to a teacher's statement that Ibsen was immoral. The fact that she did not go to college was, she said, ``a great piece of luck; this way, I'm ignorant but I'm fresh.'' Stage-struck, she joined Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theater as an actress. After the company disbanded in the early 1930s, she founded the Apprentice Theater of the New School for Social Research. When her theater failed, she made frequent trips back to Europe, and continued to re-envision her experiences in poetry. During the 1930s, two volumes of poetry, ``Encounter in April'' and ``Inner Landscape,'' and a novel, ``The Single Hound,'' established themes that were to occupy her for a lifetime: the many forms of love and the uniqueness of the individual. To support her art, she wrote book reviews and taught creative writing. Her second novel, ``The Bridge of Years,'' published in 1946, was seemingly drawn >From life, dealing with the effect of two world wars on a Belgian family. Many of her subsequent novels, including ``The Small Room,'' ``Cruci al Conversations'' and ``A Reckoning,'' centered on women as protagonists. In these novels as well as in her poems, she confronted issues that foreshadowed feminist writing of subsequent decades. For Ms. Sarton, poetry was her life's work. As she said: ``When you're a poet, you're a poet first. When it comes, it's like an angel.'' Although she never had the full recognition attained by many of her peers and never won a Pulitzer Prize or a National Book Award, her work generally received favorable reviews and she had a loyal readership. She was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and received 18 honorary degrees. In ``Encore,'' she admitted to being hypersensitive about criticism. As she once said, referring to a review of her novel, ``A Reckoning,'' a bad review ``is a drop of poison and slowly gets into the system, day by day.'' But nothing could discourage her from writing, not even a series of illnes ses. Through her later years, she chronicled her life in journals. In ``After the Stroke,'' a journal published in 1988, she wrote that she had discovered ``for the first time perhaps what it takes to grow old,'' and, approaching 75, was determined to ``recover and go on creating.'' Speaking about the ``rewards of a solitary life,'' she said, ``Loneliness is most acutely felt with other people, for with others, even with a lover sometimes, we suffer from our differences - differences of taste, temperament, mood.'' Quietly she waited for the moment to come ``when the world falls away, and the self emerges again from the deep unconscious, bringing back all I have recently experienced to be explored and slowly understood, when I can converse again with my own hidden powers, and so grow, and so be renewed, till death do us part.'' ------- End of Forwarded Message ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 12:15:31 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Michelle Shoresman Subject: May Sarton I wonder if anyone could recommend a few of May Sarton's best novels for those who have not read much, or any of her work. I have only read a small amount of her poetry. Please mail to: mshoresm@oboe.calpoly.edu Thank you, Michelle Shoresman ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 16:51:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Dialogues on the American Women's Movement Frieda Werden, who is not a WMST-L subscriber, has asked me to let WMST-L readers know about a proposed radio conversation series entitled DIALOGUES ON THE AMERICAN WOMEN'S MOVEMENT. The series, initiated by WINGS (Women's International News Gathering Service), is seeking NEH funding and needs to identify people by July 25, 1995, who will agree to participate. The full text of Werden's message appears below. If you have questions or wish to participate, contact Frieda Werden **PRIVATELY** at WINGS@IGC.APC.ORG or the fax number given below. DO NOT HIT REPLY!!! DO NOT REPLY TO WMST-L!! She will not see your reply if you do. Send your message ONLY to WINGS@IGC.APC.ORG . Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ****************************************************************** DIALOGUES ON THE AMERICAN WOMEN'S MOVEMENT a live radio conversation series Dialogues on the American Women's Movement is a proposal for a series of live radio conversations on the state of the women's movement in America. In cross-cultural, cross-generational conversations that span the nation, women will share and compare their ideas and experiences at this point ten years after the U.N. Decade for Women. Questions to be addressed in the conversations include: What is the women's movement? Who is in it, and who isn't? What do we accept as its priorities? How does it relate to other movements, and to the mainstream of American culture? How is leadership exercised in the American women's movement; and how is it developed for tomorrow? What differences - even conflicts - arise in the variety of our origins - geograph- ical, generational, class, ethnic, and experiential? Where is our common ground? "Dialogues on the American Women's Movement" is being submitted to the National Endowment for the Humanities' National Conversations on American Pluralism and Identity grants program, for realization during 1996. We propose a 13-week series (one radio quarter) of two-hour radio conversations featuring scholars, representatives of women's organizations, grassroots workers, and other interested people. Means of joining the discussion include satellite from regional radio studios, telephone, and ISDN. The format includes a prepared presentation on the topic of the day, reaction and discussion from the participants, broadening the discussion to include pre-arranged call-ins, and concluding remarks. (The model is similar to NPR's popular "Talk of the Nation.") The project is being initiated by WINGS: Women's International News Gathering Service, which has 10 years' experience producing and distributing women's radio programs, including live, multi-city radio discussion programs such as "National Women's Agenda 1992: What Women Want and How They Plan to Win It," and "Live from Copenhagen: Feminists of the World Unite!" WINGS will also be covering the World Conference on Women in Beijing. Collaborators in gathering participants and structuring the programs include: DR. BETTY HARRIS, who is Director of Women's Studies at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, and President-Elect of the National Women's Studies Association, and MAL JOHNSON, a longtime radio and TV producer and Vice-President of International Association of Women in Radio and TV, based in Washington, DC. Other collaborators are welcome to join in planning this historic project. Our proposal deadline to try for NEH funding is July 26, 1995! The more consents-to-participate we have from interesting and varied women, the better our chances are to get the project approved. If you do not fill out a consent in advance of the proposal, you can't take part in the NEH-funded programs. With many hours to talk (and hopefully, this will lead to a permanent forum), we will try to include everyone who supports the project. Please fax the completed form - including a brief description of yourself - to: Frieda Werden, producer Dialogues on the American Women's Movement FAX: (512) 444-3293 E-mail: wings@igc.apc.org URGENT - PLEASE FAX, E-MAIL OR EXPRESS MAIL YOUR CONSENT BY JULY 25, 1995 to: Frieda Werden, producer DIALOGUES ON THE AMERICAN WOMEN'S MOVEMENT - A radio conversation series FAX # (512) 444-3293 E-mail: wings@igc.apc.org DO NOT UNDER **ANY** CIRCUMSTANCES REPLY TO WMST-L. DO NOT HIT REPLY!! I,_________________________________, am willing to participate in the national radio Conversations on the American Women's Movement. Signature_____________________________________________________ Date_________________________ Address & Phone/fax/e-mail number(s): ________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION FOR FUNDING APPLICATION PURPOSES (priority is on current or historic movement activities, interests, and affiliations [identification purposes only]; academic highlights if you are a scholar; personal description that says how you would contribute to the diversity of the project in terms of class, race/ethnicity, age, expertise, talents, experience. A paragraph or two will suffice. Resumes also acceptable. ): **DO NOT HIT REPLY!!! DO NOT SEND THIS TO WMST-L!! Send it to WINGS@IGC.APC.ORG or fax it to the number given above. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 16:37:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: WOMEN'S STUDIES CENTER Subject: Thank you Dear Colleagues: I just want to thank everyone who has - and is - responding to my recent request for information on B.A. majors in women's studies and career choices of graduates. The response, which is excellent, is going to be of great assistance -- and I thank you all! Marilyn Hoder-Salmon, Dir., Women's Studies Center at FIU E-Mail: WSCHODER@SERVMS.FIU. EDU. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 18:21:52 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Karen L. Ogulnick" Subject: Re: women without children by choice (or fate) In-Reply-To: <01HT3NGD638I1U6GC1@ACFcluster.NYU.EDU> Another interesting article on this topic is "Affirming social value: Women without children" by Berenice Fisher in David R. Maines (ed.) Social Organization and Social Processes: Essays in Honor of Anselm Strauss, New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1991. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 22:23:51 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: Converted from OfficeVision to RFC822 by PUMP V2.2X From: Linda Lopez McAlister Subject: Film Review Added: Bandit Queen ve On Saturday, July 22, 1995 I expect to review "Bandit Queen" on "The Women's Show" Tampa, Florida's weekly womanist/feminist radio magazine on WMNF-F (88.5) "Radio Free Tampa." It is now available for retrieval from the FILM FILELIST. To obtain this review send the following command to Listserv @UMDD (Bitnet) or UMDD.UMD.EDU (Internet): GET FILM REV147 FILM To obtain a list of all the film reviews available, send a message to the same listserv address that says: INDEX FILM To get more than one review, put each command on a separate line: GET FILM REV6 FILM GET FILM REV14 FILM GET FILM REV39 FILM The opinions expressed in these reviews were mine when I wrote the review and represent one woman's opinion at a particular time.We have over 3000 subscribers to WMST-L so there are probably 2999 other views. If you would like to share yours, please do NOT do so on the WMST-L itself, but send your messages to me personally at the addresses below. I have appreciated the feedback I've received. Thanks. Linda ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 00:18:22 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kerri St Jon Principe Subject: Re: Thank you In-Reply-To: <199507202100.RAA31685@holmes.umd.edu> I attend a university that has no women's studies program, one day I'd like to start one. The program I am in allows me to design my own major by choosing 3 subfields, for example sociology-history-political science and slanting my learning my way. I'd love to hear the responses you received! Thanks St.Jon On Thu, 20 Jul 1995, WOMEN'S STUDIES CENTER wrote: > Dear Colleagues: > > I just want to thank everyone who has - and is - responding to > my recent request for information on B.A. majors in women's studies and > career choices of graduates. The response, which is excellent, is going > to be of great assistance -- and I thank you all! > Marilyn Hoder-Salmon, Dir., Women's Studies Center at FIU > E-Mail: WSCHODER@SERVMS.FIU. EDU. > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 15:47:46 +0000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Maureen Dyer, Uni of SA" Subject: Re: information sought on women who are childless by choic The refence for the Why children book is as follows: TITLE Why children? / edited and introduced by Stephanie Dowrick & Sibyl Grundberg PUBLISHER [Ringwood, Vic.] : Penguin Books, 1980 PHYS DESC 271 p. : ports ; 20 cm. NOTES Simultaneously published: London: Womens Press Includes bibliographical references ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 10:08:10 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "J. Van Every" Subject: women childless by choice I do indeed talk about voluntarily childless women in my book Heterosexual Women Changing the Family (published by Taylor & Francis). The study on which it is based looks at different types of anti-sexist living arrangements but the analysis breaks these down into groups of which childless by choice is one. Chapter 4 is on "Mothering" and I look at the decision to mother (or not) within that if that is the specific focus of the question. If the original poster is interested, I have an address somewhere for the British Organization of Non-parents which is a group of voluntarily childless (they often use the word child-free which I have some problems with) couples. Jo VanEvery Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology Keele University England soa00@cc.keele.ac.uk from Sept. 1: Dept. of Cultural Studies University of Birmingham England ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 11:41:00 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barham Emma Subject: INTERESTING JOURNAL GENDER AND HISTORY Founding Editor: Leonore Davidoff American Editor: Grey Osterud UK Editors: Hazel Mills and Keith McClelland Review Editors: Amy Louise Erickson and Myna Trustram Gender and History, now in its seventh volume, is the only specialist journal for research and writing on historical questions about femininity and masculinity and relationships among women and men in the past. The journal covers all historical periods and a wide spectrum of societies. IN THE CURRENT ISSUE: "No Kisses is Like Youres": An Erotic Friendship between Two African-American Women during the Mid-Nineteenth Century Karen V. Hansen Before the Waiting Room: Northern Middle-Class Men, Pregnancy and Birth in Antebellum America Shawn Johansen Entering Male Professional Terrain: Dr. Mary Dixon Jones and the Emergence of Gynecological Surgery in the Nineteenth-Century United States Regina Morantz-Saanchez Were Women Present at the Demographic Transition? Questions from a Feminist Historian to Historical Demographers Alison Mackinnon Explicit Meanings: Catholicism, Matriarchy and the Distinctive Problems of Italian Feminism Luisa Accati Beating the Inheritance Bounds: Anne Lister (1791-1840) and Her Dynastic Identity Jill Liddington Some Do, Some Don't (But in Fact They All Do Really); Some Will, Some Won't; Some Have, Some Haven't; Women, Men, Work, and Washing Machines in Inter-War Britain Miriam A. Glucksmann Mobilizing Women in Inter-War Japan: The National Defence Women's Association and the Manchurian Crisis Sandra Wilson PLUS: Thematic Reviews Book Reviews Notes on Contributors Published by Blackwell Publishers three times per year Volume 7, 1995, ISSN 0953-5233 Individuals: ?28.00 (UK/Europe) ?34.00 (Rest of World) $48.00 (N. America) Institutions: ?81.00 (UK/Europe) ?98.00 (Rest of World) $128.00 (N. America) TO INVESTIGATE A SUBSCRIPTION: Please send a message to JNLSAMPLES@BLACKWELLPUBLISHERS.CO.UK stating the journal title and full postal address. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 11:31:00 CDT Reply-To: Helen Ryan--Reference Sender: Women's Studies List From: Helen Ryan Subject: Maaike Mijer Does anyone have an address for Maaike Mijer, professor of women's/ literature studies who may be at the University of Utrecht? Please respond to me personally. Helen Ryan, Reference Librarian University of Iowa. helen-ryan@uiowa.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 10:57:45 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Ariel Subject: Re: grad programs? In-Reply-To: <199507191547.LAA26071@holmes.umd.edu> FYI: I have a list of graduate programs in WS that we compiled for a student workshop at UCI last fall. I cannot guarantee its comprehensiveness or accuracy, but would be happy to send it to anyone who sends me a SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE. It includes program name, address, and degree(s) offered (to the best of our october 1994 knowledge). *************************************************** Joan Ariel Women's Studies Librarian and Project Officer Main Library 390 University of California Irvine, CA 92713-9557 phone: (714) 824-4970 fax: (714) 824-5740 email: jariel@uci.edu *************************************************** On Wed, 19 Jul 1995, Allison Hirschman wrote: > I was wondering if anyone has/ knows of a list of schools/colleges/universities > that offer graduate programs (masters or phd) in Women's Studies. > > Thanks- > > Allison Hirschman > Women's Studies > Union College > > hirschma@gar.union.edu > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 11:08:58 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Arpad Subject: Re: grad programs? In-Reply-To: <199507211800.OAA10800@holmes.umd.edu> from "Joan Ariel" at Jul 21, 95 10:57:45 am For anyone interested in information about graduate programs in Women's Studies, the National Women's Studies Association published the second edition of their GUIDE TO GRADUATE WORK IN WOMEN'S STUDIES in 1994. Copies are available from NWSA at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Sorry I don't have the email address or zip code here. Susan_Arpad@CSUFresno.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 11:58:00 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Karen Kidd Subject: Re: grad programs? Following up on Susan Arpad's reminder, NWSA's new edition of its *Guide to Graduate Work in Women's Studies* (just released, Dec 1994) can be ordered via telephone (301) 403-0524 or 403-0525 or email at nwsa@umail.umd.edu Cost is $9.00 for individuals, $15.00 for institutions. Mastercard or Visa orders are acceptable if you provide your acct number & expiration date. This is the most current and comprehensive listing available, if I do say so myself! -- Karen Kidd (the *Guide's* co-editor, w/ Ande Spencer) kkidd@rocky.claremont.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 12:22:30 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: NANCY FELIPE RUSSO I'm sending this to WMST because there are times when leadership from Women's Studies Directors on political issues can make a difference and is critical. This is one of those times. This is going to be a very tough and close fight. Access to family planning is critical if young women are to fulfill their educational potential, so I see this issue as relevant (admittedly indirectly) -- I hope you will agree, spread the word, and also make a call. PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THIS MESSAGE FAR AND WIDE. IF EVER THERE'S A TIME TO CALL CONGRESS, IT IS NOW. THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE HAS JUST GUTTED FAMILY PLANNING, ELIMINATING TITLE 10. THE FULL HOUSE VOTE IS YOUR NEXT STEP. **PLEASE** CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND TELL HIM/HER TO RESTORE TITLE 10 (FAMILY PLANNING) WITHOUT HARMFUL AMENDMENTS. WE ALL KNOW THAT FAMILY PLANNING IS ESSENTIAL FOR STRONG FAMILIES AND THAT THE PROGRAM IS COST-EFFECTIVE, SAVING $4 FOR EVERY $1 SPENT. THE ABILITY TO TIME AND SPACE CHILDBEARING IS CRITICAL IF WOMEN ARE TO HAVE POWER OVER THEIR LIVES. PLEASE PLEASE CALL TODAY. MANY REPUBLICANS SUPPORT FAMILY PLANNING AND MANY DEMOCRATS MIGHT WAVER -- SO WHETHER OR NOT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IS SUPPORTIVE -- CALL! THIS IS BASIC SURVIVAL STUFF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE. PASS THE WORD.... Nancy Felipe Russo, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies Psychology Department - Box 871104 Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104 (602)965-0380 FAX:(602)953-2693 BITNET: ATNFR@ASUACAD INTERNET: ATNFR@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 18:09:14 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: liora moriel Subject: Childless by Choice Hello everyone, Thanks to all who replied so quickly and generously to Heather Prescott's and my post about issues of childlessness and family redefinition. Here are the responses for anyone else who's interested: Agarwal, Bina, 1988. *Patriarchy and the 'Modernizing State: An Introduction.* In _Structures of Patriarchy: State, Community, and Household in Modernizing Asia_, ed. Bina Agarwal, 1-28. New Delhi: Kali for Women; London: Zed Books. Bernstein, Gail Lee, ed. 1991. _Recreating Japanese Women, 1600-1945._ Berkely: University of California Press. Buckley, Sandra. 1991. *"Penguin in Bodage" AGrapc Tal ofJapase Coic ooks In Tecnocuure_,eds Conance enly anAndre Ros, 1-195. Mineapis: nivrsitof Minesta Pss. _Femnistnteratioal_ ssueNo. , 19. Vriou artles. Newand,athlen, 979.Dec.1977 *Wen ad Poulatn Groth: Choe Beond hildarin,* _orldtch aper 16_Washngto: Wldwach Ist. wo surce forew wys o thiing boutfamies:Cpturng Cplexty: n Inrdisipliar Lok atwomn,hosehols ad evlopmet. om Brooah Ed Sge 1994essysdel wit hoseols proucton rral sppots, onomi neds a careivig,fetilit beavor nutrtio ad ealth mehoolgicalconeps.Many lue hrefor eeryne to thefocs s n "deelomet. KukumSagai's Te `menies ofDomstc ife':Quetinson Laor,Soia Scietis, Se/Nov 993 vl.21, ns. -1, -46. ublshd n Inda, hus thatconex, ut ne idas f US, lso fornalyss. beatce bfdc@cuvm.cuy.eu Btlett Jae ll Yo BeA Moer? 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NTES imultnousl pubishd:Lonon: omes res ncudes iliogaphial efrenes I d idee tal aoutvolntarly hidles omen n y bok HteoseualWome Cangng he Fmil publshedy Tayor Frais). he tudyon hch i is sed loksat dffren tyes o ani-exit ivingarangmentbut te aalyss beks tes downino goupsf whih cildlssby hoie s one haptr 4 s o "othring an Iloo a the ecsio to othr(or ot withnthatif tt is he peciic ous o te quetin. asaddres or riti Orgaizaion f Nn-arets Jo VnEeryDeptof Soiolgy ad Scal Athrology eel UnierstyEngand soa0cc.kel.ac.u fromSet. 1:Det. f Cuural tudes Uivesiy o BrmingamEngand------ ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jul 1995 18:25:48 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: liora moriel Subject: Childless by Choice (fwd) Ooops! Sorry for the garbage of the previous listed post. Here's a cleaner, more readable version. liora Thanks to all who replied so quickly and generously to Heather Prescott's and my post about issues of childlessness and family redefinition. Here are the responses for anyone else who's interested: Agarwal, Bina, 1988. *Patriarchy and the 'Modernizing State: An Introduction.* In _Structures of Patriarchy: State, Community, and Household in Modernizing Asia_, ed. Bina Agarwal, 1-28. New Delhi: Kali for Women; London: Zed Books Bernstein, Gail Lee, ed. 1991. _Recreating Japanese Women, 1600-1945._ Berkely: University of California Press. Bernstein, Gail Lee, ed. 1991. _Recreating Japanese Women, 1600-1945._ Berkely: University of California Press. Buckley, Sandra. 1991. *"Penguin in Bondage": A Graphic Tale of Japanese Comic Books.* In _Technoculture_, eds. Constance Penley and Andrew Ross,163-195. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.163-195. _Feminist International_ Issue No. 2, 1980. Various articles. Newland, Kathleen, 1979. Dec. 1977. *Women and Population Growth: Choice Beyond Childbearing,* _Worldwatch Paper 16_ Washington: Worldwatch Institute. Two sources for new ways of thinking about families:Capturing Complexity: An Interdisciplinary Look at women, households and development. Romy Borooah, Ed. Sage. 1994 essays deal with households production, rural supports, economic needs and caregiving, fertility behavior, nutrition and health, methodological concepts. Many clues here for everyone, tho the focus is on "development." Bartlett, Jane Will You Be A Mother? Women Who Choose To Say No London, Virago (1994) Marshall, Helen Not Having Children Melbourne, Oxford University Press (1993) Kumkum Sangari's The `Amenities of Domestic Life': Questions on Labor, Social Scientist, Sept/Nov 1993, vol. 21, nos. 9-11, 3-46. Published in India, thus in that context, but new ideas for US, also, for analyses. Reti, Irene [Ed.] Childless By Choice: A Feminist Anthology Santa Cruz, HerBooks (1992) Morell, Carolyn Unwomanly Conduct: The Challenges of Intentioal Childlessness New York, Routledge (1994) Tyler May, Elaine Barren in The Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness Harper Collins Basic Books (1995) Another interesting article on this topic is "Affirming social value: Women without children" by Berenice Fisher in David R. Maines (ed.) Social Organization and Social Processes: Essays in Honor of Anselm Strauss, New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1991. Why children? / edited and introduced by Stephanie Dowrick & Sibyl Grundberg PUBLISHER [Ringwood, Vic.] : Penguin Books, 1980 PHYS DESC 271 p. : ports ; 20 cm. NOTES Simultaneously published: London: Womens Press Includes bibliographical references Heterosexual Women Changing the Family (published by Taylor & Francis). The study on which it is based looks at different types of anti-sexist living arrangements but the analysis breaks these down into groups of which childless by choice is one. Chapter 4 is on "Mothering" and I look at the decision to mother (or not) within that if that is the specific focus of the question. Has address for British Organization of Non-parents Jo VanEvery soa00@cc.keele.ac.uk