Getting Smart

"Getting Smart" focuses on what it means to do research and teaching in the name of liberation at a time when the fundamental assumptions of western knowledge are being questioned. It explores the limits and possibilities of enlightenment politics and theories of political transformation, especially within the context of liberating education and feminist knowledge. The author concludes by using these ideas to illuminate a study of her own students' resistance to a liberating curriculum in an introductory women's studies course. The book therefore ends by applying theory and analysis to construction practices that can help women to "get smart" about the conditions of their lives and the means necessary for change. This book should be of interest to researchers in feminist theory, women's studies and educational research.