Singing in the fire : stories of women in philosophy / / edited by Linda Martin Alcoff

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., , 2003; ©2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (186 p.)
• Disciplina: 108/.2
• Soggetto topico: Women philosophers
• Persona (resp. second.): AlcoffLinda
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Singing in the fire
• ISBN: 0-7425-1382-3; 1-4616-6625-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815321803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II