Women: Images & Realities, A Multicultural Anthology

by Kesselman, Amy; McNair, Lily D; Schniedewind, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780073127644
• ISBN10: 0073127647
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-02
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

This best-selling anthology is a unique introduction to feminism and women's studies. It presents a multidisciplinary collection of academic essays and analyses, personal narratives, and fiction and poetry about women's lives. The selections illustrate the variety of women's experiences, primarily in the United States, considering both commonalities and differences among women and appreciating women's diverse approaches to living and fostering change.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Introduction	1	(6)
What is Women's Studies?	7	(34)
Talking Back	15	(3)
Bell Hooks
Sins of Silence	18	(1)
Mai Kao Thao
Claiming an Education	19	(2)
Adrienne Rich
The Politics of Black Women's Studies	21	(3)
Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull
Barbara Smith
Men and Women's Studies: Premises, Perils, and Promise	24	(4)
Michael Kimmel
Have You Ever Heard of Asian-American Feminists?	28	(1)
Stacey G. H. Yap
Voices of Women's Studies Students	29	(5)
Women's Studies as a Growth Process	29	(1)
Danista Hunte
Finding My Latina Identity Through Women's Studies	30	(1)
Luana Ferreira
What Women's Studies Has Meant to Me	31	(1)
Lucita Woodis
Why Women's Studies?	32	(1)
Deborah Halstead Lennon
Women's Studies: A Man's Perspective	33	(1)
Evan Weissman
Women's Studies as Women's History	34	(7)
Marilyn J. Boxer
The Egg and the Sperm: How Science Has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles	40	(1)
Emily Martin
Becoming a Woman in Our Society	41	(74)
Dominant Ideas About Women	45	(1)
The Problem That Has No Name	46	(3)
Betty Friedan
A Work of Artifice	49	(1)
Marge Piercy
Purification	50	(4)
Gracepoore
To Be Real	54	(3)
Danzy Senna
Blazes of Truth	57	(3)
Susan Schnur
TAP: The New Antisemitic Code Word	59	(1)
Francine Klagsbrun
In Search of Liberation	60	(1)
Debra Kent
Brideland	61	(2)
Naomi Wolf
On Being a ``Good Girl'': Implications for Latinas in the United States	63	(4)
Elisa Davila
Girls: ``We Are the Ones Who Can Make a Change!''	67	(2)
Ana Grossman
Emma Peters-Axtell
not a pretty girl	69	(2)
Ani Di Franco
Learning Gender	70	(1)
The Gift	71	(1)
Murielle Minard
klaus barbie, and other dolls i'd like to see	72	(3)
Susan Jane Gilman
An Educator's Primer on the Gender War	75	(9)
David Sadker
Reality Versus Perception	82	(1)
Jo Sanders
Sarah Cotton Nelson
Checklist for Inclusive Teaching	82	(2)
Mercilee Jenkins
The Sexual Politics of Interpersonal Behavior	84	(9)
Nancy Henley
Jo Freeman
Teen Mags: How to Get a Guy, Drop 20 Pounds, and Lose Your Self-Esteem	93	(3)
Anastasia Higginbotham
The Unreal World	96	(3)
Jennifer L. Pozner
No Respect: Gender Politics and Hip-Hop	99	(6)
Johnnetta Cole
Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Mutineers in Mainstream Music: Heralds of a New Feminist Wave?	105	(3)
Naomi Weisstein
Video	108	(1)
India.Arie
X: A Fabulous Child's Story	108	(7)
Lois Gould
Gender and Women's Bodies	115	(54)
Female Beauty	119	(1)
The Beauty Myth	120	(5)
Naomi Wolf
When I Was Growing Up	125	(1)
Nellie Wong
To Other Women Who Were Ugly Once	126	(1)
Ines Hernandez-Avila
Nose Is a Country . . . I Am the Second Generation	127	(2)
Aishe Berger
Homage to My Hair	129	(1)
Lucille Clifton
Our Crown, Our Glory, Our Roots	129	(1)
Meah Clay
The Body Politic	130	(4)
Abra Fortune Chernik
Breaking the Model	134	(4)
Graciela (Chely) Rodriguez
Revenge Against the Scale	137	(1)
Jennifer Ollendorf
The Fat Girl Rules the World	138	(1)
July Siebecker
Homage to My Hips	139	(2)
Lucille Clifton
Sexuality and Relationships	140	(1)
Lusting for Freedom	141	(3)
Rebecca Walker
``We Don't Sleep Around Like White Girls Do'': Family, Culture, and Gender in Filipina-American Lives	144	(8)
Yen Le Espiritu
Esta Risa No Es De Loca	152	(4)
Caridad Souza
Demanding a Condom	155	(1)
Kat Doud
Pleasures	156	(1)
Diane Hugs
Loving Another Woman	156	(5)
Anne Koedt
In Search of the Elusive Orgasm	161	(4)
Lori L. Tharps
Bisexuality, Feminism, Men and Me	165	(4)
Robyn Ochs
Institutions that Shape Women's Lives	169	(140)
Women and Work	179	(1)
An Overview of Women and Work	180	(5)
Ellen Bravo
Gloria Santa Anna
Linda Meric
Gender Segregation and Pay Differentials in Occupations	185	(1)
Questions and Answers on Pay Equity	185	(3)
Office Double Standards	188	(1)
The Politics of Housework	188	(3)
The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued	191	(3)
Ann Crittenden
Friendly for Whose Family?	194	(3)
Betty Holcomb
9to 5: Organizing Low-Wage Women	197	(5)
Ellen Bravo
Gloria Santa Anna
Linda Meric
Going Public	201	(1)
Ellen Bravo
Sexual Harassment	202	(2)
Ellen Bravo
Sexual Harassment and the Law	204	(2)
Arlene Foy Reynolds
Unions Benefit Working Women	206	(1)
In Case of Sexual Harassment: A Guide for Women Students	206	(2)
Bernice Sandler
``Each Day I Go Home with a New Wound in My Heart''	208	(4)
Miriam Ching Yoon Louie
Women	212	(2)
Alice Walker
Women, the Law, and Social Policy	213	(1)
Women and the Law	214	(3)
Kristian Miccio
Unequal: A Global Perspective on Women Under the Law	217	(3)
Jessica Neuwirth
How to Bring Children Up Without Putting Women Down	220	(6)
Ann Crittendon
European Child-Care: Policies and Programs	226	(1)
Karen Fredriksen-Goldsen
Andrew Scharlach
Exploding the Stereotypes: Welfare	226	(5)
Rita Henley Jensen
New Welfare Regime, Same Single-Mother Poverty Problems	231	(6)
Randy Albelda
If I Survive, It Will Be Despite Welfare Reform	237	(4)
Tonya Mitchell
Women in Sport: A Journey Toward Equality	241	(3)
Pat Griffin
Women and the Family	243	(1)
Family and Women's Lives	244	(6)
Susan Lehrer
Seventeen Syllables	250	(7)
Hisaye Yamamoto
A Long Story	257	(4)
Beth Brant
Elena	261	(1)
Pat Mora
``Don't You Talk About My Mama!''	261	(4)
June Jordan
Working at Single Bliss	265	(6)
Mary Helen Washington
A Marriage Agreement	271	(3)
Alix Kates Shulman
Why We're Not Getting Married	274	(3)
Martha Ackelssberg
Judith Plaskow
Women and Religion	276	(1)
My Church Threw Me Out	277	(3)
Mary Ann Sorrentino
Reactions to a Woman Rabbi	280	(1)
Laura Geller
Christian Fundamentalism: Patriarchy, Sexuality, and Human Rights	281	(6)
Susan D. Rose
The Black Church: What's the Word?	287	(8)
Johnnetta Cole
Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Rethinking Women's Issues in Muslim Communities	295	(3)
Kecia Ali
Revelations	298	(5)
Linda Villarosa
In Her Own Image	303	(6)
Rose Solari
Health and Reproductive Justice	309	(66)
The Health Care System	316	(1)
The Politics of Women's Health in the United States	317	(7)
Women Speak Out About the Health Care System	324	(1)
Uninsured, Exposed and at Risk---But Not Powerless	324	(4)
Lourdes A. Rivera
Mandatory Doctor's Visit	328	(3)
Diane Hugs
The Feminization of AIDS	331	(3)
Marielena Zuniga
``Necessity Was the Midwife of Our Politics''	334	(4)
Deborah R. Grayson
Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center	338	(5)
Jael Silliman
Marlene Fried
Loretta Ross
Elena Gutierrez
Gyno to Lesbo chats	341	(1)
For Better Lesbian Health, Fewer Barriers to Care	342	(1)
Leah Thayer
Breast Cancer Activism: Moving Beyond the Mammography Debate	343	(5)
Sabrina Mccormick
Top 10 Breast Cancer Myths Debunked	345	(2)
Reproductive Justice	347	(1)
Abortion: Is a Woman a Person?	348	(3)
Ellen Willis
Lost Women Song	351	(1)
Ani Difranco
Talking with the Enemy	351	(6)
Anne Fowler
Nicki Nichols Gamble
Frances X. Hogan
Melissa Kogut
Madeline Mccomish
Barbara Thorp
Prochoice Prolife	356	(1)
Parental Consent Laws: Are They a ``Reasonable Compromise''?	357	(2)
Mike Males
Testimony of William Bell (on Raised Bill #5447)	359	(1)
Using Pregnancy to Control Women	360	(5)
Ruth Hubbard
Killing the Black Body	365	(2)
Dorothy Roberts
Abortion in the U.S.: Barriers to Access	367	(8)
Marlene Gerber Fried
The Differences Among US: Divisions and Connections	375	(102)
``Take a Closer Look:'' Racism in Women's Lives	380	(1)
Defining Racism; ``Can We Talk?''	380	(5)
Beverly Daniel Tatum
Codes of Conduct	385	(2)
Adrienne Su
Salad	387	(1)
Janice Mirikitani
I Am Not Your Princess	387	(1)
Chrystos
Take a Closer Look	388	(1)
Carrie Castro
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack	388	(4)
Peggy Mcintosh
An Autobiography (excerpt)	392	(2)
Angela Davis
The Legacy of Class	394	(1)
Tired of Playing Monopoly?	394	(4)
Donna Langston
Sisters	398	(10)
Barbara Neely
Jewish and Working Class	408	(3)
Bernice Mennis
Poverty, Hopelessness and Hope	411	(3)
Kendall A. Johnson
Grace Paley Reading	414	(2)
Toi Derricotte
``Are You Some Kind of Dyke?'' The Perils of Heterosexism	415	(1)
Homophobia and Sexism	416	(4)
Suzanne Pharr
Cat	420	(3)
Julie Blackwomon
Chicana Lesbians: Fear and Loathing in the Chicano Community	423	(4)
Carla Trujillo
Livin'in a Gay Family	427	(3)
Megan Mcguire
I Lost It at the Movies	430	(2)
Jewelle Gomez
Courage from Necessity	432	(2)
Mr. Barb Greve
Older, Wiser, and Marginalized: Ageism in Women's Lives	434	(1)
Older Women: The Realities	434	(4)
The Women in the Tower	438	(5)
Cynthia Rich
The Day Nani Fell and I Wasn't There to Catch Her	443	(1)
Anna Marie Quevedo
Over the Hill and Out of Sight	444	(4)
Janice Keaffaber
She Who Once Was	446	(1)
Rebecca Mcclanahan
Understanding and Valuing Difference	447	(1)
Rights, Realities, and Issues of Women with Disabilities	448	(6)
Laura Hershey
Beside My Sister, Facing the Enemy	453	(1)
Mari Matsuda
Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference	454	(5)
Audre Lorde
Fence Sitters, Switch Hitters, and Bi-Bi Girls: An Exploration of Hapa and Bisexual Identities	459	(5)
Beverly Yuen Thompson
Boundaries: Arab/American	464	(4)
Lisa Suhair Majaj
Why Race Matters to a White Dyke	468	(1)
Nell Geiser
Bringing the Global Home	469	(7)
Charlotte Bunch
Friday Night	476	(1)
Linda Hogan
Violence Against Women	477	(58)
Violence Against Women in Intimate Relationships	481	(1)
Battering: Who's Going to Stop It?	482	(6)
Ann Jones
The Club	488	(1)
Mitsuye Yamada
Countdown	488	(5)
Lanette Fisher-Hertz
La Princesa	493	(3)
Latina Anonima
Violence in Intimate Relationships: a Feminist Perspective	495	(1)
Bell Hooks
Holding Up More Than Half the Heavens	496	(2)
Margaretta Wan Lin
Cheng Imm Tan
Bringing Women's Studies to a Battered Women's Shelter	498	(1)
Colleen Farrell
Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls	499	(1)
Rape: The All-American Crime	499	(8)
Susan Griffin
Rape Law Reform	506	(1)
Amy Silvestro
Whose Body Is It, Anyway?	507	(3)
Pamela Fletcher
High-School Gauntlet	510	(1)
Rachel
With No Immediate Cause	510	(1)
Ntozake Shange
Naming and Studying Acquaintance Rape	511	(7)
Peggy Reeves Sanday
Rape and Gender Violence: From Impunity to Accountability in International Law	518	(2)
Rhonda Copelon
Stronger Than You Know	520	(2)
Rachel Modell
Protecting Male Abusers and Punishing the Women Who Confront Them: The Current Status of Child Sex Abuse in America	522	(6)
Lanette Fisher-Hertz
Making Sense of the Experience of Incest Survivors	528	(5)
Peri L. Rainbow
Bubba Esther, 1888	533	(2)
Ruth Whitman
Changing Our World	535	(102)
Feminism as a Social Movement	540	(2)
The First and Second Waves of Feminism in the U.S.	542	(6)
Amy Kesselman
The Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention, 1848	548	(4)
Sojourner Truth's Defense of the Rights of Women	551	(1)
What Feminism Means to Me	552	(1)
George Middleton
Consciousness Raising: A Radical Weapon	553	(2)
Kathie Sarachild
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective	555	(3)
Susan Brownmiller
The Making of the Vanguard Center: Black Feminist Emergence in the 1960s and 1970s	558	(7)
Benita Roth
The Development of Chicana Feminist Discourse	565	(8)
Alma M. Garcia
Thoughts on Indian Feminism	573	(2)
Kate Shanley
Presenting the Blue Goddess: Toward a National Pan-Asian Feminist Agenda	575	(2)
Sonia Shah
Blame It on Feminism	577	(6)
Susan Faludi
Whose Security?	583	(4)
Charlotte Bunch
The Globetrotting Sneaker	587	(4)
Cynthia Enloe
Transnational Collaboration in Support of Sweatshop Workers	591	(6)
Union Organizing in El Salvador: In Solidarity with US Students	591	(1)
Sonia Beatriz Lara
United Students Against Sweatshops	592	(4)
Women Organizing: Many Issues, Many Voices	596	(1)
Struggles of Responsibility	597	(2)
Winona Laduke
style no. 1	599	(1)
Sonia Sanchez
Becoming the Third Wave	599	(2)
Rebecca Walker
The Lactivists	601	(1)
Black Feminism at Twenty-One: Reflections on the Evolution of a National Community	601	(5)
Barbara Ramsby
Voices	606	(5)
``Sister''	610	(1)
Cris Williamson
Construction Workers, Subway Creeps, and Other Daily Hazards: Confronting Harassers in the Community	611	(2)
Martha Langelan
Domestic Workers Organize in the Global City	613	(5)
Ai-Jen Poo
Eric Tang
Just Sex: Students Rewrite the Rules on Sex, Violence and Equality	618	(9)
Jodi Gold
Susan Villari
Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Future	627	(5)
Jennifer Baumgardner
Amy Richards
Voices of Women's Studies Graduates	632	(1)
Real Life: Women's Studies in Action	632	(5)
Lori Gross
Becoming a Feminist Physician	633	(1)
Sharon Thompson
A Women Studies Graduate Goes to Africa	634	(3)
Further Readings	637
Credits	1	(1)
Index	1