Reader’s Guide to Women’s Studies

Women’s studies may be a comparatively new field of inquiry, having really begun only in the late 1960s, but it is also a very fast growing area to the extent that it is extremely difficult for a scholar to keep pace with the publications that are appearing, even within their own specialist field. Furthermore, there is a paucity of good reference works on the subject. This reader’s guide is an exceptionally useful encyclopaedic guide to the literature that attempts to guide the reader to the best of the literature on over 500 topics and individuals in women’s studies. It does...