Reconstructing Gender: A Multicultural Anthology
Reconstructing Gender is an anthology that addresses the contemporary experiences from a variety of women and men. Drawing from a wide range of sources including research articles, critical essays, and personal narratives, Disch has chosen accessible, engaging, and provocative readings that represent many perspectives and experiences. Eleven part-opening introductions identify important issues in the general field of study, describe the readings, remind the reader about some of the central...
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This anthology for undergraduates demonstrates the ways that gender operates across numerous categories, including race, sexual orientation, class, age and disability. Disch (sociology, U. of Massachusetts, Boston) draws from a wide range of sources, such as research articles, essays and personal narratives, to provide accessible and provocative readings representing a plurality of perspectives and experiences. The fourth edition strengthens the emphasis on women's rights as human rights, gay marriage and the effects of welfare reform. It addresses immigration, health and war and includes a gender analysis of the events at Abu Ghraib. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Booknews An anthology of provocative readings that force readers to face the complexity of gender and its varied relationships to power. Some themes are social contexts of gender, gender socialization, embodiment, and communication. Other topics are sexuality, families, education, paid work and unemployment, health and illness, violence, and a world that is truly human. The editor is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
1The Puerto Rican dummy and the merciful son312From nothing, a consciousness413The past is ever present : recognizing the new racism484Angry women are building : issues and struggles facing American Indian women today635"J.A.P"-slapping : the politics of scapegoating676White privilege : unpacking the invisible knapsack717Controlled or autonomous : identity and the experience of the network, women living under Muslim laws768Theorizing difference from multiracial feminism819Patriarchy, the system : an it, not a he, a them or an us9110Reflections on global governance and transnational feminist movements in an era of infinite war9911The social construction of gender11312Boyhood, organized sports, and the construction of masculinities12013Who's the fairest of them all?13714The myth of the Latin woman : I just met a girl named Maria14215He defies you still : the memoirs of a sissy14716Growing up hidden15317Beauty is the beast : psychological effects of the pursuit of the perfect female body16218Yellow woman and a beauty of the spirit17319"A way outa no way" : eating problems among African American, Latina, and white women17620Just walk on by : a black man ponders his power to alter public space19121Taking it19422Do you remember me?19723I'm not fat, I'm Latina20124The tyranny of the esthetic : surgery's most intimate violation20325For the white person who wants to know how to be my friend21526You just don't understand : women and men in conversation21627Real men don't cry ... and other "uncool" myths22128The new momism22629Claiming Jezebel : black female subjectivity and sexual expressions in hip-hop23930The new girls network : women, technology, and feminism24831Where are the women? : the strange case of the missing feminists. When was the last time you saw one on TV?25232How men have (a) sex26433The myth of the sexual athlete27434Reproductive rights : a disability rights issue27935The impact of multiple marginalization28536Uses of the erotic : the erotic as power29337The transformation of family life30438Bloodmothers, othermothers, and women-centered networks31439Dilemmas of involved fatherhood32140Man child : a black lesbian feminist's response33141I am a man33742What is marriage for?34143Missing in interaction35444"What about the boys?" : what the current debates tell us - and don't tell us - about boys in school36145Conflict within the Ivory Tower37646Black and female : reflections on graduate school38847The "success" of welfare reform40148Sixty cents to a man's dollar41749Why are there no male Asian anchormen on TV?42550The effects of affirmative action on other stakeholders43051"Global woman"44352America's dirty work : migrant maids and modern-day slavery45353The globetrotting sneaker46254Women, violence, and resistance47855The ultimate growth industry : trafficking in women and girls49156Where race and gender meet : racism, hate crimes, and pornography49657Homophobia in straight men49958Stopping sexual harassment : a challenge for community education50159How safe is America?51160Wielding masculinity inside Abu Ghraib : making feminist sense of an American military scandal51461Gender in a time of holy war : fundamentalist femiphobia and post-9/11 masculinity52462Masculinities of men's health : moving toward post-superman era prevention54163Health, social class and African-American women55964Reproductive issues are essential survival issues for the Asian-American communities57565Why the precautionary principle? : a meditation on polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and the breasts of mothers57866Does silencio = muerte? : notes on translating the AIDS epidemic58267To be poor and transgender58968Statement of principles59869The blow up ... a clash of realities59970American Indian women : at the center of indigenous resistance in contemporary North America60571Toward a new civic leadership : the Africana criminal justice project61372Organizing for peace in Israel : why Israeli women want a peace movement of their own62173Women's human rights : it's about time!627
\ BooknewsAn anthology of provocative readings that force readers to face the complexity of gender and its varied relationships to power. Some themes are social contexts of gender, gender socialization, embodiment, and communication. Other topics are sexuality, families, education, paid work and unemployment, health and illness, violence, and a world that is truly human. The editor is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
