The State of Gender Studies in Germany

The current situation in research, teaching and institutions

Abstract

After thirty years of women's and gender studies we can see that the subject has established itself in two ways. By many academics it is regarded merely as a label testifying to their political correctness, whereas some view it as an area of research with considerable potential. Prof. Würzbach outlines and analyses the different currents within gender studies and their struggles for academic integration in Germany, their developments, controversies and expanding forces.