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Article: Femmes savantes, savoirs des femmes. Du crepuscule de la Renaissance a l'aube des Lumieres.(Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- April 1, 2001
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Femmes savantes, savoirs des femmes. Du crepuscule de la Renaissance a l'aube des Lumieres. Ed. by COLETTE NATIVEL. (Actes du Colloque de Chantilly, 22-24 Septembre 1995). Geneve: Droz. 1999. 268 pp. 71.60 SwF.
This collection of nineteen diverse papers that between them treat the figure of the 'femme savante' and the real engagements of European women with a variety of 'savoirs' is a feast for those interested in feminist epistemology. With an eye to avoiding what is referred to in the avant-propos as the 'pieges d'un vain feminisme', the papers are grouped in three sections: 'Realites/Savoirs', 'Regards d'hommes', and 'Discours de femmes/Portraits'. Encounters ...