Thesis Writing as a Feminist Project: Negotiating Space for Women's Embodied Selves in New Scholarship

J Gill; Julie M Matthews; L Zannettino; T Carroll

doi:10.1080/08164640802068443

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Thesis Writing as a Feminist Project: Negotiating Space for Women's Embodied Selves in New Scholarship

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Thesis Writing as a Feminist Project: Negotiating Space for Women's Embodied Selves in New Scholarship

J Gill, Julie M Matthews, L Zannettino and T Carroll

Australian Feminist Studies, Vol.23(56), pp.249-261

2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08164640802068443

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The numbers of students enrolled in research degrees in Australian universities have increased greatly in recent years, rising from a total of 23,980 in 1997 to 38,953 in 2005 (Department of Education, Science and Training 2005). The increase is particularly notable in terms of women's participation. Whereas once the higher degree level of doctoral study was marked by ongoing gender disparity with males outnumbering females, by 2005 women accounted for 19,333 doctoral search students, or just fractionally below 50 per cent of the student body. At this level, the anticipated differences in discipline area continue with females predominating in doctoral study in the areas of Arts, Culture and Humanities, but the implications of the changes in student enrolments for thesis style and supervision practices are yet to be addressed systematically. This paper looks at one element of the current picture, namely an issue of supervision.

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Title: Thesis Writing as a Feminist Project: Negotiating Space for Women's Embodied Selves in New Scholarship
Authors: J Gill (Author) - University of South Australia
Julie M Matthews (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
L Zannettino (Author) - University of South Australia
T Carroll (Author)
Publication details: Australian Feminist Studies, Vol.23(56), pp.249-261
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2008
DOI: 10.1080/08164640802068443
ISSN: 0816-4649
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449773302621
Output Type: Journal article

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