Two Turns of the Screw: Feminism and the Humanities.

Heinzelman, Susan Sage

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ERIC Number: EJ381796

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Publication Date: 1988

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Two Turns of the Screw: Feminism and the Humanities.

Heinzelman, Susan Sage

ADE Bulletin, n91 p14-20 Win 1988

Maintains that the humanities get "screwed" in the academy because they are feminized. Explores this process of "feminization," focusing on college English departments. Offers a different view of the relationship between "soft" humanities and "hard" disciplines, reconceived from a feminist perspective. (SR)

Descriptors: English Departments, Feminism, Higher Education, Humanities, Intellectual Disciplines, Interprofessional Relationship, Politics of Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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