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challenges many commonly held assumptions about the customs of the past and the festivals of the present

became an astonishingly strong political force in its own right

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with cruelty and wit

Teaching Women's Studies in Conservative Contexts Beef panel of distinguished practitioners asWomens Studies is a field that inspires strong reactions, both positive and negative, inside and outside of the classroom. The field, partly due to its activist origins, is often associated with liberal ideology and is therefore chided by students and others who identify as conservative. The goal of this book is to introduce conservative perspectives into the issues of gender, sexuality, race, and power that are topics of teaching and discussion in