IROW faculty associate Linda Nicholson, a Full Professor in the departments of Women's Studies and in Educational Administration and Policy Studies, has been editing a book series for Routledge publishers since 1987 on the subject of "Thinking Gender." In a recent interview, she described this series for us:
LN: "This series was designed to publish manuscripts in feminism and gender theory with an emphasis on studies that stem from the continental tradition in philosophy and social theory. The first two books which were published in the series were my own anthology, Feminism/ Postmodernism and Judith Butler's Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, both appearing in the fall of 1989. During the Spring of 1990 two other books appeared: Andrea Nye, Words of Power: A Feminist Reading of the History of Logic and Sandra Bartky, Femininity and Domination: Studies in the Phenomenology of Oppression. Under contract and in varying stages towards publication are: Linda Singer, Erotic Welfare: Sexual Theory and Politics in the Age of Epidemic; Anna Yeatman, Feminism, Postmodernism and the Future of Social Science; Jana Sawicki, Feminism and Foucault; Christine DeStefano, Autonomy: The Fate of an Ideal; Eva Kithay, Equality and the Inclusion of Women; Steven Seidman, Embattled Eros: Sexual Politics and Ethics in Contemporary America:;and a manuscript by Drucilla Cornell, presently untitled."
IROW News asked Professor Nicholson about the success of her series and its impact on her own writing. She replied as follows:
LN: "The series has now made a significant name for itself; bookstores make special efforts to purchase the books in the series because of the strong sales of the first two books published. The success of the series is in large part a result of the extraordinary working relationship I have developed with my editor at Routledge, Maureen MacGrogan. It has been very empowering for me to work with a feminist editor who also has the power of a strong press behind her. Routledge provides this support because of the strong sales which good books in Women's Studies continue to generate. Thus, whenever, I read newspaper accounts of `the death of feminism' I know such claims are in no way supported by what is happening in publishing."
IROW is pleased to have Professor Nicholson as a faculty associate, and congratulates her on this successful and important feminist book series.