Getting Smart: Feminist Research and Pedagogy With/in the Postmodern

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Psychology Press, 1991 - Feminism - 212 pages
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The ways in which knowledge relates to power have been much discussed in radical education theory. New emphasis on the role of gender and the growing debate about subjectivity have deepened the discussion, while making it more complex. In Getting Smart, Patti Lather makes use of her unique integration of feminism and postmodernism into critical education theory to address some of the most vital questions facing education researchers and teachers.

 

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User Review  - Christina_E_Mitchell - LibraryThing

Has an education praxis bent. But, hey, Lather is just awesome and always provides sound, practical guidance to what can be some very abstruse and convoluted theory. Read full review

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User Review  - camcleod - LibraryThing

I had heard Lather speak at a conference and decided that Getting Smart would be a good place to start getting better acquainted with postmodernism. I'd found too much of the academic writing ... Read full review

Contents

Framing the Issues
1
Research as Praxis
50
Feminist Perspectives
70
Staying Dumb?
123
Postscript Epilogue Afterword
153
Bibliography
177
Index
207
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