Reconstructing Gender : A Multicultural Anthology

Name: Reconstructing Gender : A Multicultural Anthology
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ISBN: 9780072997422

ISBN-10: 0072997427

ISBN-13: 9780072997422

Edition: 4th 2006

Authors: Estelle Disch

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This United States-focused anthology on gender focuses on women and men and the multiple identities that comprise the lives of individuals across gender. Drawing from a wide range of sources including research articles, essays, and personal narratives, Disch has chosen accessible, engaging, and provocative readings that represent a plurality of perspectives and experiences. Eleven part introductions briefly identify important issues in the general eld of study, describe the readings, identify the central themes emerging throughout the book, and raise questions for students to consider.

Book details

Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Binding: Perfect
Pages: 670
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Estelle Disch is professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston where she has been active in curricular transformation, general education reform, and faculty development. She has written extensively on pedagogical issues in diverse classrooms. Her research focuses on the effects of sexual abuse by professionals and on assessing learning in university courses. She has served as a consultant and trainer related to creating moreopen and accepting campus climates and has run many workshops for professionals related to maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.

The Puerto Rican dummy and the merciful son	p. 31
From nothing, a consciousness	p. 41
The past is ever present : recognizing the new racism	p. 48
Angry women are building : issues and struggles facing American Indian women today	p. 63
"J.A.P"-slapping : the politics of scapegoating	p. 67
White privilege : unpacking the invisible knapsack	p. 71
Controlled or autonomous : identity and the experience of the network, women living under Muslim laws	p. 76
Theorizing difference from multiracial feminism	p. 81
Patriarchy, the system : an it, not a he, a them or an us	p. 91
Reflections on global governance and transnational feminist movements in an era of infinite war	p. 99
The social construction of gender	p. 113
Boyhood, organized sports, and the construction of masculinities	p. 120
Who's the fairest of them all?	p. 137
The myth of the Latin woman : I just met a girl named Maria	p. 142
He defies you still : the memoirs of a sissy	p. 147
Growing up hidden	p. 153
Beauty is the beast : psychological effects of the pursuit of the perfect female body	p. 162
Yellow woman and a beauty of the spirit	p. 173
"A way outa no way" : eating problems among African American, Latina, and white women	p. 176
Just walk on by : a black man ponders his power to alter public space	p. 191
Taking it	p. 194
Do you remember me?	p. 197
I'm not fat, I'm Latina	p. 201
The tyranny of the esthetic : surgery's most intimate violation	p. 203
For the white person who wants to know how to be my friend	p. 215
You just don't understand : women and men in conversation	p. 216
Real men don't cry ... and other "uncool" myths	p. 221
The new momism	p. 226
Claiming Jezebel : black female subjectivity and sexual expressions in hip-hop	p. 239
The new girls network : women, technology, and feminism	p. 248
Where are the women? : the strange case of the missing feminists. When was the last time you saw one on TV?	p. 252
How men have (a) sex	p. 264
The myth of the sexual athlete	p. 274
Reproductive rights : a disability rights issue	p. 279
The impact of multiple marginalization	p. 285
Uses of the erotic : the erotic as power	p. 293
The transformation of family life	p. 304
Bloodmothers, othermothers, and women-centered networks	p. 314
Dilemmas of involved fatherhood	p. 321
Man child : a black lesbian feminist's response	p. 331
I am a man	p. 337
What is marriage for?	p. 341
Missing in interaction	p. 354
"What about the boys?" : what the current debates tell us - and don't tell us - about boys in school	p. 361
Conflict within the Ivory Tower	p. 376
Black and female : reflections on graduate school	p. 388
The "success" of welfare reform	p. 401
Sixty cents to a man's dollar	p. 417
Why are there no male Asian anchormen on TV?	p. 425
The effects of affirmative action on other stakeholders	p. 430
"Global woman"	p. 443
America's dirty work : migrant maids and modern-day slavery	p. 453
The globetrotting sneaker	p. 462
Women, violence, and resistance	p. 478
The ultimate growth industry : trafficking in women and girls	p. 491
Where race and gender meet : racism, hate crimes, and pornography	p. 496
Homophobia in straight men	p. 499
Stopping sexual harassment : a challenge for community education	p. 501
How safe is America?	p. 511
Wielding masculinity inside Abu Ghraib : making feminist sense of an American military scandal	p. 514
Gender in a time of holy war : fundamentalist femiphobia and post-9/11 masculinity	p. 524
Masculinities of men's health : moving toward post-superman era prevention	p. 541
Health, social class and African-American women	p. 559
Reproductive issues are essential survival issues for the Asian-American communities	p. 575
Why the precautionary principle? : a meditation on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and the breasts of mothers	p. 578
Does silencio = muerte? : notes on translating the AIDS epidemic	p. 582
To be poor and transgender	p. 589
Statement of principles	p. 598
The blow up ... a clash of realities	p. 599
American Indian women : at the center of indigenous resistance in contemporary North America	p. 605
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