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Reconstructing Gender : A Multicultural Anthology

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ISBN: 9780767427715 | 0767427718
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: MCG (Manual)
Pub. Date: 8/6/2002

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SummaryTable of Contents
This 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 briey identify important issues in the general eld of study, describe the readings, and identify the central themes emerging throughout the book.
Prefacexi
About the Editorxvii
About the Contributorsxix
General Introduction1(26)
PART I: SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF GENDER27(64)
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Toward Black American Empowerment
30(10)
Manning Marable
From Nothing, A Consciousness
40(6)
Helen Zia
The Puerto Rican Dummy and the Merciful Son
46(11)
Martin Espada
Angry Women Are Building: Issues and Struggles Facing American Indian Women Today
57(4)
Paula Gunn Allen
``J.A.P''-Slapping: The Politics of Scapegoating
61(3)
Ruth Atkin
Adrienne Rich
To Be Poor and Transgender
64(6)
Kai Wright
White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences through Work in Women's Studies
70(11)
Peggy McIntosh
Theorizing Difference from Multiracial Feminism
81(10)
Maxine Baca Zinn
Bonnie Thornton Dill
PART II: GENDER SOCIALIZATION91(69)
The Social Construction of Gender
96(7)
Judith Lorber
Masculinity as Homophobia
103(7)
Michael S. Kimmel
Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities
110(17)
Michael A. Messner
Color, Hair Texture and Standards of Beauty
127(5)
Patricia Hill Collins
The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria
132(5)
Judith Ortiz Cofer
He Defies You Still: The Memoirs of a Sissy
137(5)
Tommi Avicolli
Growing Up Hidden
142(2)
Linnea Due
The Military As a Second Bar Mitzvah: Combat Service As Initiation to Zionist Masculinity
144(9)
Danny Kaplan
Male Gender and Rituals of Resistance in the Palestinian Intifada: A Cultural Politics of Violence
153(7)
Julie Peteet
PART III: EMBODIMENT160(55)
Beauty Is the Beast: Psychological Effects of the Pursuit of the Perfect Female Body
167(11)
Elayne A. Saltzberg
Joan C. Chrisler
``A Way Outa No Way'': Eating Problems among African-American, Latina, and White Women
178(15)
Becky W. Thompson
Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space
193(3)
Brent Staples
Taking It
196(2)
Leonard Kriegel
Do You Remember Me?
198(4)
Barbara Macdonald
I'm Not Fat, I'm Latina
202(2)
Christy Haubegger
The Tyranny of the Esthetic: Surgery's Most Intimate Violation
204(8)
Martha A. Coventry
The Burka and the Bikini
212(3)
Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Jacqueline Jackson
PART IV: COMMUNICATION215(31)
For the White Person Who Wants to Know How to Be My Friend
218(1)
Pat Parker
Inside the World of Boys: Behind the Mask of Masculinity
219(3)
William Pollack
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation
222(5)
Deborah Tannen
Real Men Don't Cry... and Other ``Uncool'' Myths
227(5)
Phil W. Petrie
Danny
232(6)
Nathan McCall
American Indian Women: At the Center of Indigenous Resistance in Contemporary North America
238(8)
M. Annette Jaimes
Theresa Halsey
PART V: SEXUALITY246(57)
How Men Have (a) Sex
253(10)
Jon Stoltenberg
The Myth of the Sexual Athlete
263(4)
Don Sabo
Using Pornography
267(20)
Robert Jensen
The Sex Experts versus Ann Landers
287(2)
Barry A. Bass
Susan R. Walen
Reproductive Rights: A Disability Rights Issue
289(6)
Marsha Saxton
The Impact of Multiple Marginalization
295(8)
Paula C. Rust
PART VI: FAMILIES303(58)
The Transformation of Family Life
308(9)
Lillian B. Rubin
Bloodmothers, Othermothers, and Women-Centered Networks
317(7)
Patricia Hill Collins
Dilemmas of Involved Fatherhood
324(10)
Kathleen Gerson
Man Child: A Black Lesbian Feminist's Response
334(6)
Audre Lorde
I Am a Man
340(4)
Raul E. Ybarra
Sexual Dissent and the Family: The Sharon Kowalski Case
344(5)
Nan D. Hunter
The Relationship between Male-Male Friendship and Male-Female Marriage: American Indian and Asian Comparisons
349(12)
Walter L. Williams
PART VII: EDUCATION361(54)
Girls and Boys Together...But Mostly Apart: Gender Arrangements in Elementary Schools
369(17)
Barrie Thorne
Dreams
386(8)
Ann Arnett Ferguson
Conflict within the Ivory Tower
394(11)
Ruth Sidel
Black and Female: Reflections on Graduate School
405(6)
bell honks
Scholarly Studies of Men: The New Field Is an Essential Complement to Women's Studies
411(4)
Harry Brod
PART VIII: PAID WORK AND UNEMPLOYMENT415(58)
It's a Family Affair: Women, Poverty, and Welfare
420(6)
Randy Albeldu
Chris Tilly
Sixty Cents to a Man's Dollar
426(8)
Ann Crittenden
Why Are There No Male Asian Anchormen on TV?
434(5)
Ben Fong-Torres
Sharing the Shop Floor
439(14)
Stan Gray
The Effects of Affirmative Action on Other Stakeholders
453(12)
Barbara Reskin
The Globetrotting Sneaker
465(8)
Cynthia Enloe
PART IX: VIOLENCE473(56)
Women, Violence, and Resistance
481(13)
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz
The Kid No One Noticed
494(4)
Jonah Blank
The Ultimate Growth Industry: Trafficking in Women and Girls
498(5)
Jan Goodwin
Where Race and Gender Meet: Racism, Hate Crimes, and Pornography
503(3)
Helen Zia
Homophobia in Straight Men
506(2)
Terry A. Kupers
Phantom Towers: Feminist Reflections on the Battle between Global Capitalism and Fundamentalist Terrorism
508(12)
Rosalind P. Petchesky
Comprehending the Afghan Quagmire
520(4)
Rina Amiri
Sneak Attack: The Militarization of U.S. Culture
524(2)
Cynthia Enloe
How Safe Is America?
526(3)
Desiree Taylor
PART X: HEALTH AND ILLNESS529(53)
Masculinities and Men's Health: Moving toward Post-Superman Era Prevention
535(18)
Don Sabo
Health, Social Class and African-American Women
553(16)
Evelyn L. Barbee
Marilyn Little
Reproductive Issues Are Essential Survival Issues for the Asian-American Communities
569(3)
Connie S. Chan
Why the Precautionary Principle? A Meditation on Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and the Breasts of Mothers
572(3)
Sandra Steingraber
Does Silencio = Muerte? Notes on Translating the AIDS Epidemic
575(7)
Rafael Campo
PART XI: A WORLD THAT IS TRULY HUMAN582(3)
A World Worth Living In
585(8)
Roberta Praeger
La Guera
593(7)
Cherrie Moraga
Stopping Sexual Harassment: A Challenge for Community Education
600(10)
Robert L. Allen
Statement of Principles
610(1)
National Organization for Men Against Sexism
Disappearing Acts: The State and Violence against Women in the Twentieth Century
611(7)
Michelle Fine
Lois Weis
Report from Jerusalem: `A Ray of Sunshine within This Long Winter of Violence and Tragedy'
618(4)
Gila Svirsky
On Behalf of the Global Campaign for Women's Human Rights
622
Charlotte Bunch

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