
At many universities, women's studies programs have achieved department status, establishing tenure-track appointments, graduate programs, and consistent course enrollments. Yet, as Joan Wallach Scott notes in her introduction to this collection, in the wake of its institutional...

At many universities, women's studies programs have achieved department status, establishing tenure-track appointments, graduate programs, and consistent course enrollments. Yet, as Joan Wallach Scott notes in her introduction to this collection, in the wake of its institutional...

In this special issue of differences, contributors from very different institutions look at women's studies now. Is it a field still on the cutting edge of theory and knowledge or has it lost its edge because of internal conflicts and major changes in the organization of the...