Reconstructing Gender : A Multicultural Anthology

by Disch, Estelle

• ISBN13: 9780767427715
• ISBN10: 0767427718
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-06
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
About the Editor	xvii
About the Contributors	xix
General Introduction	1	(26)
PART I: SOCIAL CONTEXTS OF GENDER	27	(64)
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 SOCIALIZATION	91	(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: EMBODIMENT	160	(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: COMMUNICATION	215	(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: SEXUALITY	246	(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: FAMILIES	303	(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: EDUCATION	361	(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 UNEMPLOYMENT	415	(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: VIOLENCE	473	(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 ILLNESS	529	(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 HUMAN	582	(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