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UNINA9910815321803321 |
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Singing in the fire : stories of women in philosophy / / edited by Linda Martin Alcoff |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2003 |
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©2003 |
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0-7425-1382-3 |
1-4616-6625-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (186 p.) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Linda Martin Alcoff; 1 A Life Sentence in Bohemia Sandra Lee Bartky; 2 My Open Agenda, or How Not to Make the Right Career Moves Teresa Brennan; 3 Finding My Voice: Reminiscence of an Outlaw Claudia Card; 4 Taking Oneself Seriously, But Not Too Virginia Held; 5 Freethinking? Alison M. Jaggar; 6 Etc. Stephanie R. Lewis; 7 What's a Brown Girl like You Doing in the Ivory Tower? Or, How I Became a Feminist Philosopher Uma Narayan |
8 ""Don't Smile So Much "": Philosophy and Women in the 1970s Martha C. Nussbaum9 At the Feet of Mrs. Ramsay Andrea Nye; 10 Philosophy and Life: A Singular Case of Their Interconnection Ofelia Schutte; 11 Autobiography of a Whistle-Blower Kristin Shrader-Frechette; 12 Getting Here from There Karen J. Warren; About the Contributors |
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This is a unique, groundbreaking collection of autobiographical essays by leading women in philosophy. It provides a glimpse at the experiences of the generation that witnessed, and helped create, the remarkable advances now evident for women in the field. |
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