Introduction: theories of women's studies and the autonomy / integration debate 1 -- Theorising about theorising 27 -- Is women's studies an academic discipline? 32 -- Women's studies as an academic discipline: why and how to do it 46 -- Learning women's studies 72 -- Feminism: a last chance for the humanities? 79 -- How to do what we want to do: thoughts about feminist methodology 88 -- Passionate scholarship: notes on values, knowing and method in feminist social science 105 -- Towards a methodology for feminist research 117 -- The value of quantititive methodology for feminist research 140 -- Experiential analysis: a contribution to feminist research 162 -- Back into the personal or: our attempt to construct feminist research 192 -- Women's studies as a strategy for change: between criticism and vision 210 -- In praise of theory: the case for women's studies 219 -- Selected annotated bibliography of articles on theories of women's studies 229