Background
Stimpson, Catharine Rosalind was born on June 4, 1936 in Bellingham, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Edward Keown and Catharine (Watts) Stimpson.
( First published in 1990, this collection of essays in l...)
First published in 1990, this collection of essays in literary criticism, feminist theory and race relations was named one of the top twenty-five books of 1988 by the Voice Literary Supplement. The title covers such subjects as black literature; the reconstruction of culture, changing arts, letters and sciences to include the topics of women and gender; and, the nature of family and the changing roles of women within society. As such, Catharine Stimpson employs a transdisciplinary approach, to encourage greater understanding of the differences among women, and thus socially-constructed differences in general. Where the Meanings Are tells of some of the arguments within feminism during the re-designing and designing of cultural spaces, as post-modernism began to change the boundaries of race, class, and gender. It will therefore be of great value to students and general readers with an interest in the relationship between gender and culture, sex and gender difference, feminist theory and literature.
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Stimpson, Catharine Rosalind was born on June 4, 1936 in Bellingham, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Edward Keown and Catharine (Watts) Stimpson.
AB, Bryn Mawr College, 1958. Bachelor, Cambridge University, England, 1960. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1967.
Member faculty Barnard College, New York City, 1963—1980. Professor English, dean of graduate school, vice provost graduate education Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1980—1992, university professor, since 1991. Chairman board scholars Mississippi Magazine, New York City, 1981—1992.
Director fellows program MacArthur Foundation, 1994—1997. University professor, dean Graduate School Arts and Science New York University, New York City, since 1998.
( First published in 1990, this collection of essays in l...)
Chairman New York Council Humanites, 1984—1987, National Council Research on Women, 1984—1989. Trustee Bates College, 1990—2007. President Association Graduate Schools, 2000—2001.
Board director Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, 1982—1985, Legal Defense and Education Fund, 1991—1996. Member of Public Broadcasting Service (board directors 1994—2000), National Organization of Women, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, Modern Language Association (executive council, chairman academy freedom committee, 1st vice president, president 1990).