Synopses & Reviews
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 themes emerging throughout the book, and raise questions for students to consider.
Synopsis
- Addresses race, class, culture, gender, sexual orientation, transgender, disability, age. Issues include, among others, health, violence, socialization, families, education, social change, and the current crisis in the US as a result of Sept. 11
- Introductions identify important issues in the general field of study, describe the readings, and identify the central themes emerging throughout the book
About the Author
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 more open and accepting campus climates and has run many workshops for professionals related to maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
Table of Contents
* indicates new reading General Introduction Part I: It's not just about Gender 1. The Puerto Rican Dummy and the Merciful Son, Martín Espada 2. From Nothing, A Consciousness, Helen Zia 3. The Past is Ever Present: Recognizing the New Racism, Patricia Hill Collins 4. Angry Women Are Building: Issues and Struggles Facing American Indian Women Today, Paula Gunn Allen 5. “J.A.P.”-Slapping: The Politics of Scapegoating, Ruth Atkin and Adrienne Rich *6. Latinas in the Fault Lines of Citizenship, Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis 7. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh 8. Controlled or Autonomous: Identity and the Experience of the Network, Women Living Under Muslim Laws, Farida Shaheed *9. Under and (Inside) Western Eyes: At the Turn of the Century, Chandra Talpade Mohanty 10. Patriarchy, the System: An It, Not a He, a Them or an Us, Allan Johnson Part II: Gender Socialization 11. The Social Construction of Gender, Judith Lorber 12. Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities, Michael A. Messner 13. Who's the Fairest of Them All?, Jill Nelson 14. He Defies You Still: The Memoirs of a Sissy, Tommi Avicolli 15. Growing Up Hidden, Linnea Due *16. Masculinity as Homophobia, Michael Kimmel Part III: Embodiment *17. Making Up Is Hard To Do, Sheila Jeffreys 18. “A Way Outa No Way”: Eating Problems among African American, Latina, and White Women, Becky W. Thompson 19. Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit, Leslie Marmon Silko 20. Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space, Brent Staples 21. Taking It, Leonard Kriegel 22. Im Not Fat, Im Latina, Christy Haubegger 23. The Tyranny of the Esthetic: Surgerys Most Intimate Violation, Martha A. Coventry Part IV: Communication 24. For the White Person Who Wants to Know How to Be My Friend, Pat Parker *25. Men and Women are from Earth, Rosalind Barnett and Caryl Rivers 26. Real Men Dont Cry . . . and Other “Uncool” Myths, Phil W. Petrie 27. The New Momism, Susan J. Douglas and Meredith W. Michaels 28. Claiming Jezebel: Black Female Subjectivity and Sexual Expressions in Hip-Hop, Ayana Byrd 29. Where are the women? The strange case of the missing feminists. When was the last time you saw one on TV?, Laura Zimmerman Part V: Sexuality *30. A Pornographic World [What is normal?], Robert Jensen 31. The Myth of the Sexual Athlete, Don Sabo *32. Passing Last Summer, Domenika Bednarska 33. The Impact of Multiple Marginalization, Paula C. Rust Part VI: Families *34. Contemporary Challenges to Black Womens Reproductive Rights, Jeanne Flavin 35. Bloodmothers, Othermothers, and Women-Centered Networks, Patricia Hill Collins 36. Dilemmas of Involved Fatherhood, Kathleen Gerson 37. Man Child: A Black Lesbian Feminists Response, Audre Lorde 38. I Am a Man, Raul E. Ybarra 39. What is marriage for?, E.J. Graff *40. Free to Marry, At LastMay 17, 2004, Pat Gozemba and Karen Kahn Part VII: Education 41. Missing in Interaction, Myra and David Sadker 42. "What About the Boys?" What the Current Debates Tell Us--and Don't Tell Us--About Boys in Schools, Michael S. Kimmel 43. Does Gender Matter?, Ben A. Barres 44. Black and Female: Reflections on Graduate School, bell hooks *45. Mentors in Violence Program, Jackson Katz Part VIII: Paid Work and Unemployment *46. The End of Welfare as We Know It: An Overview of the PRWORA, Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis 47. Sixty Cents to a Mans Dollar, Ann Crittenden 48. "Global Woman" by Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild 49. America's Dirty Work: Migrant Maids and Modern-Day Slavery, Joy M. Zarembka 50. The Globetrotting Sneaker, Cynthia Enloe *51. The Center of Masculine Production: Gay Athletes in Professional Sports, Eric Anderson *52. Men at War: Vietnam and Agent Orange, Cynthia R. Daniels *53. Fort Bragg: Command, Jeffrey McGowan Part IX: Violence 54. Women, Violence, and Resistance, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz *55. Eminems Popularity is a Major Setback for Girls and Women, Jackson Katz *56. Pictures of Boyhood, Richard Hoffman *57. Injury, Gender, and Trouble, Laurie Schaffner 58. Homophobia in Straight Men, Terry A. Kupers 59. The Ultimate Growth Industry: Trafficking in Women and Girls, Jan Goodwin 60. How Safe Is America?, Desiree Taylor 61. Wielding Masculinity Inside Abu Ghraib: Making Feminist Sense of an American Military Scandal, Cynthia Enloe *62. The Private War of Women Soldiers, Helen Benedict Part X: Health and Illness 63. Masculinities and Mens Health: Moving toward PostSuperman Era Prevention, Don Sabo *64. Health Care Reform – A Womans Issue, Catherine DeLowry, Dr.PH 65. Reproductive Issues Are Essential Survival Issues for the Asian-American Communities, Connie S. Chan 66. Why the Precautionary Principle? A Meditation on Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and the Breasts of Mothers, Sandra Steingraber 67. Does Silencio = Muerte? Notes on Translating the AIDS Epidemic, Rafael Campo 68. To Be Poor and Transgender, Kai Wright Part XI: A World That Is Truly Human 69. Statement of Principles, National Organization for Men Against Sexism *70. New Black Man, Mark Anthony Neal *71. Feminisms Future: Young Feminists of Color Take the Mic, Daisy Hernández and Pandora L. Leong *72. Tapping Our Strength, Eisa Nefertari Ulen *73. The Womens Peace Movement in Israel, Gila Svirsky *74. Women and Human Rights, Rita Arditti