TY - BOOK AU - Disch,Estelle TI - Reconstructing gender: a multicultural anthology SN - 9780073380063 (pbk.) : AV - HQ1075 .R43 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Boston, MA PB - McGraw-Hill Higher Education KW - Sex role KW - Masculinity KW - Femininity KW - Women KW - Psychology KW - Socialization N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Pt. I. Its Not Just About Gender -- 1. The Puerto Rican Dummy and the Merciful Son / Martin 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 on 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 G. Johnson -- Pt. II. Gender Socialization -- 11. The Social Construction of Gender / Judith Lorber -- 12. Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities / Michael A. Messner -- 13. Whos 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 S. Kimmel -- Pt. 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 Coventry -- Pt. 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 Expression 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 -- Pt. V. Sexuality -- 30. A Pornographic World [What Is Normal?] / Robert Jensen -- 31. The Myth of the Sexual Athlete / Don Sabo -- 32. Passing Last Summer / Dominika Bednarska -- 33. The Impact of Multiple Marginalization / Paula C. Rust -- Pt. 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 Last - May 17,2004 / Patricia A. Gozemba and Karen Kahn -- Pt. VII. Education -- 41. Missing in Interaction / Myra Sadker and David Sadker -- 42. "What about the Boys?" What the Current Debates Tell Us - and Dont Tell Us - about Boys in School / Michael S. Kimmel -- 43. Does Gender Matter? / Ben A. Barres -- 44. Black and Female: Reflections on Graduate School / Bell Hooks -- 45. Mentors in Violence Prevention / Jackson Katz -- Pt. 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 / Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild -- 49. Americas 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 -- Pt. IX. Violence at Home and Abroad -- 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 -- Pt. X. Health and Illness -- 63. Masculinities and Mens Health: Moving toward Post-Superman Era Prevention / Don Sabo -- 64. Health Care Reform - A Womans Issue / Catherine DeLorey -- 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 -- Pt. 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 Hernandez and Pandora L. Leong -- 72. Tapping Our Strength / Eisa Nefertari Ulen -- 73. The Womens Peace Movement in Israel / Gila Svirsky -- 74. Womens Human Rights: Its about Time! / Rita Arditti ER -