Canadian Woman Studies: An Introductory Reader, 2nd Edition Edited by Andrea Medovarski and Brenda Cranney September 2006 / 664 pages, with index /$39.95 pb ISBN no. 0-9736709-6-7 ORDER | CONTENTS | OVERVIEW | PREFACE | AUTHOR BIOS

Overview

Canadian Woman Studies: An Introductory Reader, 2nd Edition, brings together articles on themes and topics at the forefront of feminist inquiry and research. Compiled of articles previously published in Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, it offers a unique and historical perspective of feminism as well as provides an excellent introduction to feminist thought in Canada. This volume has been revised and updated to to consider some of the changes that we have witnessed in Canada and elsewhere since the publication of the best-selling first edition in 1999. Recognizing the growing significance of Canadian feminist scholarship, this edition aims to situate Canada within a broader, transnational context. Articles consider the regional, urban, rural, linguistic, demographic and ethnic differences within the nation, as well as the ways women in Canada are impacted by various global factors.

Praise for Canadian Woman Studies: An Introductory Reader, 2nd Edition

This excellent Women's Studies reader spans a large spectrum of women's issues, perspectives, and experiences. It gives place to a diversity of voices and feminist world views in Canada. Multidisciplinary in its approach, the book includes works from fields such as social sciences, literature, religious studies, policy studies, communication, health, and education. The writing is stimulating and accessible to introductory students without being simplistic. Congratulations to Canadian Woman Studies for putting together a reader which will alert women's studies students to a rich sample of feminist thought in Canada.
~Greta Hofmann Nemiroff, Coordinator, Women's Studies and the Creative Arts, Literature and Languages Program, Dawson College; Past-President of the Sisterhood is Global Institute.

This highly readable, all-Canadian collection of articles in Canadian Woman Studies: An Introductory Reader is wonderfully diverse and broad in scope. It is a book that is certain to whet the appetite of students in introductory Women's Studies courses. I recommend it most highly.
~Margrit Eichler, Director, Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies, University of Toronto

Thank you friends for publishing this introductory reader. It is exactly the book I have been looking for, a comprehensive collection of women's writing to give to my young friends and to my students. The clarity and authenticity of the voices, and the breadth and depth of their approaches is truly remarkable. All I can say is "thank you," particularly on behalf of those too young to have read the original contributions.
~Ursula M. Franklin, University Professor Emerita, University of Toronto