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Women: Images & Realities, A Multicultural Anthology / Edition 5
- ISBN-10:
- 0073512311
- ISBN-13:
- 9780073512310
- Pub. Date:
- 12/07/2011
- Publisher:
- McGraw-Hill Higher Education
- ISBN-10:
- 0073512311
- ISBN-13:
- 9780073512310
- Pub. Date:
- 12/07/2011
- Publisher:
- McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Women: Images & Realities, A Multicultural Anthology / Edition 5
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Overview
Now in its fifth successful edition, Women: Images and Realities offers a unique, thought-provoking introduction to feminism and women’s studies. A multicultural anthology, the text presents a multidisciplinary collection of academic essays and analyses, personal narratives, and fiction and poetry about women’s lives. The readings 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.
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ISBN-13: | 9780073512310 |
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Publisher: | McGraw-Hill Higher Education |
Publication date: | 12/07/2011 |
Edition description: | List |
Pages: | 688 |
Product dimensions: | 7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Amy Kesselman iwas an active member of a Chicago Women’s Liberation in the late 1960’s. She is currently Professor of Women’s Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz where she has taught women’s studies and women’s history since 1981. She received a Master’s degree in history from Portland State University and began teaching women’s studies at Mount Hood Community College, in Gresham , Oregon.. She is the author of Fleeting Opportunities: Women Shipyard Workers in Portland and Vancouver during World War II and Reconversion (SUNY Press, 1990) and Women: Images and Realities : A Multicultural Anthology ( Mayfield, 1995 and 1998; Mc Graw Hill 2002) as well as several articles on the history of U.S. feminism. She is currently working on a book on women’s liberation in New Haven, Connecticut.
Table of Contents
* Indicates a new reading
** Indicates updated readingPART I: WHAT IS WOMEN’S STUDIES?1. Talking Back, BELL HOOKS2. Sins of Silence, MAI KAO THAO3. Claiming an Education, ADRIENNE RICH4. The Politics of Black Women’s Studies, AKASHA (GLORIA T.) HULL AND BARBARA SMITH5. Men and Women’s Studies: Premises, Perils, and Promise, MICHAEL KIMMEL6. Have You Ever Heard of Asian-American Feminists?, STACEY G.H. YAP7. Voices of Women's Studies Students: Women’s Studies as a Growth Process, DANISTA HUNTE; Finding My Latina Identity Through Women’s Studies, LUANA FERREIRA;What Women’s Studies Has Meant To Me, LUCITA WOODIS;Why Women’s Studies?, DEBORAH HALSTEAD LENNON;Women’s Studies: A Man’s Perspective, EVAN WEISSMAN*8. Women's Studies as Women's History, MARILYN J. BOXER
PART II: BECOMING A WOMAN IN OUR SOCETY Dominant Ideas About Women9. The Problem That Has No Name, BETTY FRIEDAN10. A Work of Artifice, MARGE PIERCY11. Purification, GRACEPOORE12. To Be Real, DANZY SENNA13. Blazes of Truth, SUSAN SCHNUR14. In Search of Liberation, DEBRA KENT15. Brideland, NAOMI WOLF16. On Being a "Good Girl": Implications for Latinas in the United States, ELISA DAVILA*17. Girls: We are the Ones Who Can Make a Change, ANA GROSSMAN and EMMA PETERS-AXTELL18. Not a Pretty Girl, ANI DIFRANCOLearning Gender19. The Gift, MURIELLE MINARD20. Klaus Barbie and Other Dolls I’d Like to See, SUSAN JANE GIILMAN*21. An Educator's Primer on the Gender War, DAVID SADKER22. The Sexual Politics of Interpersonal Behavior, NANCY HENLEY AND JO FREEMAN23. Teen Mags: How to Get a Guy, Drop 20 Pounds, and Lose Your Self-Esteem, ANASTASIA HIGGINBOTHAM*24. The Unreal World, JENNIFER L. POZNER*25. No Respect: Gender Politics and Hip-Hop, JOHNNETTA COLE and BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL26. Mutineers in Mainstream Music: Heralds of a New Feminist Wave? NAOMI WEISSTEIN27. Video, INDIA.ARIE28. X: A Fabulous Child’s Story, LOIS GOULD
PART III: GENDER AND WOMEN’S BODIESFemale Beauty29. The Beauty Myth, NAOMI WOLF30. When I Was Growing Up, NELLIE WONG31. To Other Women Who Were Ugly Once, INES HERNANDEZ-AVILA32. Nose Is A Country... I Am the Second Generation, AISHE BERGER33. The Body Politic, ABRA FORTUNE CHERNIK34. Breaking the Model, GRACIELA (CHELY) RODRIQUEZ35. The Fat Girl Rules the World, JULY SIEBECKER36. Homage to My Hair, LUCILLE CLIFTON37. Homage to My Hips, LUCILLE CLIFTONSexuality and Relationships38. Lusting for Freedom, REBECCA WALKER39. “We Don’t Sleep Around Like White Girls Do": Family, Culture and Gender in Filipina-American Lives,” YEN LE ESPIRITU40. Esta Risa No Es De Loca, CARIDAD SOUSA41. Pleasures, DIANE HUGS42. Loving Another Woman, ANNE KOEDT*43. In Search of the Elusive Orgasm, LORI L. THARPS44. Bisexuality, Feminism, Men and Me, ROBYN OCHS
PART IV: INSTITUTIONS THAT SHAPE WOMEN’S LIVESWomen and Work**45. An Overview of Women and Work, ELLEN BRAVO, GLORIA SANTA ANA AND LINDA MERIC46. Questions and Answers about Pay Equity, NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR PAY EQUITY47. The Politics of Housework, PAT MAINARDI OF REDSTOCKINGS48. The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued, ANN CRITTENDEN**49. Friendly for Whose Family? BETTY HOLCOMB**50. 9to5: Organizing Low-Wage Women, ELLEN BRAVO, GLORIA SANTA ANA AND LINDA MERIC*51. Sexual Harassment, ELLEN BRAVO*52. Sexual Harassment and the Law, ARLENE FOY REYNOLDS53. In Case of Sexual Harassment: A Guide for Women Students, BERNICE SANDLER*54. Each Day I Go Home with a New Wound in My Heart, MIRIAM CHING YOON LOUIE55. Women, ALICE WALKERWomen, the Law and Social Policy56. Women and the Law, KRISTIN MICCIO*57. Unequal: A Global Perpsective on Women Under the Law, JESSICA NEUWIRTH58. How to Bring Children Up Without Putting Women Down, ANN CRITTENDON59. Exploding the Stereotypes: Welfare, RITA HENLEY JENSEN**60. New Welfare Regime, Same Single-Mother Poverty Problems, RANDY ALBELDA*61. If I Survivie, It Will Be Despite Welfare Reform, TONYA MITCHELL
*62. Women in Sport: A Journey Toward Equality, PAT GRIFFINWomen and the Family**63. Family and Women's Lives, SUSAN LEHRER64. Seventeen Syllables, HISAYE YAMAMOTO65. A Long Story, BETH BRANT66. Elena, PAT MORA67. "Don't You Talk About My Mama!", JUNE JORDAN68. Working at Single Bliss, MARY HELEN WASHINGTON69. A Marriage Agreement, ALIX KATES SCHULMAN*70. Why We're Not Getting Married, MARTHA ACKLESSBERG AND JUDITH PLASKOWWomen and Religion71. My Church Threw Me Out, MARY ANN SORRENTINO72. Reactions to a Woman Rabbi, LAURA GELLER73. Christian Fundamentalism: Patriarchy, Sexuality and Human Rights, SUSAN D. ROSE*74. The Black Church: What's the Word? JOHNNETTA COLE AND BEVERLY GUY SHEFTALL
*75. Rethinking Women's Issues in Muslim Communities, KECIA ALI*76. Revelations, LINDA VILLAROSA*77. In Her Own Image, ROSE SOLARI
PART V: HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE
*79. Uninsured, Exposed and at Risk-But Not Powerless, LOURDES A. RIVERA80. Mandatory Doctor's Visit, DIANA HUGS*81. The Feminization of AIDS, MARIELENA ZUNIGA*82. Necessity was the Midwife of Our Politics, DEBORAH GRAYSON*83. Native American Women's Health Resource Education Center, JAEL SILLIMAN, MARLENE FRIED, LORETTA ROSS, AND ELENA GUITTIEREZ
*84. Breast Cancer Activism: Moving Beyond the Mammography Debate, SABRINA MCCORMICKReproductive Freedom85. Abortion: Is a Woman a Person?, ELLEN WILLIS86. Lost Woman Song, ANI DIFRANCO87. Talking with the Enemy, ANNE FOWLER ET AL.**88. Parental Consent Laws: Are They a "Reasonable Compromise"? MIKE MALES89. Testimony of William Bell (on Raised Bill #5447), CONNECTICUT STATE LEGISLATURE90. Using Pregnancy to Control Women, RUTH HUBBARD91. Killing the Black Body, DOROTHY ROBERTS*92. Abortion in the U.S.: Barriers to Access, MARLENE GERBER FRIED
PART VI: THE DIFFERENCES AMONG US: DIVISIONS AND CONNECTIONS"Take a Closer Look": Racism in Women's Lives93. Defining Racism: "Can We Talk?" BEVERLY DANIEL TATUM94. Codes of Conduct, ADRIENNE SU95. Salad, JANICE MIRIKITANI96. I Am Not Your Princess, CHRYSTOS97. Take a Closer Look, CARRIE CASTRO98. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, PEGGY MCINTOSH99. An Autobiography (excerpt), ANGELA DAVISThe Legacy of Class 100. Tired of Playing Monopoly? DONNA LANGSTON101. Sisters, BARBARA NEELY102. Jewish and Working Class, BERNICE MENNIS103. Poverty, Hopelessness, and Hope, KENDALL A. JOHNSON104. Grace Paley Reading, TOI DERRICOTTE"Are You Some Kind of Dyke?": The Perils of Heterosexism105. "Homophobia and Sexism," SUZANNE PHARR106. Cat, JULIE BLACKWOMON107. Chicana Lesbians: Fear and Loathing in the Chicano Community, CARLA TRUJILLO108. Livin' in a Gay Family, MEGAN MCGUIRE109. I Lost It in the Movies, JEWELLE GOMEZ*110. Courage from Necessity, MR. BARB GREVEOlder, Wiser, and Marginalized: Ageism in Women's Lives**111. Older Women: The Realities, OLDER WOMEN'S LEAGUE112. Women in the Tower, CYNTHIA RICH113. The Day Nani Fell and I Wasn't There to Catch Her, ANNA MARIE QUEVEDO*114. Over The Hill and Out of Sight, JANICE KEAFFABERUnderstanding and Valuing Difference*115. Rights, Realities and Issues of Women with Disabilities, LAURA HERSHEY116. Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference, AUDRE LORDE117. Fence Sitters, Switch Hitters, and Bi-Bi Girls: An Exploration of Hapa and Bisexual Identities, BEVERLY YUEN THOMPSON118. Boundaries: Arab/American, LISA SUHAIR MAJAJ*119. Why Race Matters to a White Dyke, NELL GEISER120. Bringing the Global Home, CHARLOTTE BUNCH121. Friday Night, LINDA HOGAN
PART VII: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENViolence Against Women in Intimate Relationships122. Battering: Who's Going to Stop It? ANN JONES 123. The Club, MITSUYE YAMADA124. Countdown, LANETTE FISHER-HERTZ125. La Princesa, LATINA ANOMIMA126. Holding Up More Than Half the Heavens, MARGARETTA WAN LIN AND CHENG IMM TAN127. Bringing Women's Studies to a Battered Women's Shelter, COLLEEN FARRELLSexual Violence Against Women and Girls 128. Rape, The All American Crime, SUSAN GRIFFIN129. Whose Body Is It Anyway? PAMELA FLETCHER*130. High-School Gauntlet, RACHEL131. With No Immediate Cause, NTOSAKE SHANGE 132. Naming and Studying Acquaintance Rape, PEGGY REEVES SANDAY*133. Rape and Gender Violence: From Impunity to Accountability in International Law, RHONDA COPELON*134. Stronger Than You Know, RACHEL MODELLIncestuous Sexual Abuse**135. Protecting Male Abusers and Punishing the Women Who Confront Them: The Current Status of Child-Sex Abuse in America, LANETTE FISHER-HERTZ136. Making Sense of the Experience of Incest Survivors, PERI L. RAINBOW137. Bubba Esther 1888, RUTH WHITMAN
PART VIII: CHANGING OUR WORLD
Feminism as a Social Movement**138. The First and Second Waves of Feminism in the U.S., AMY KESSELMAN139. The Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention, 1848*140. What Feminism Means to Me, GEORGE MIDDLETON 141. Consciousness Raising: A Radical Weapon, KATHIE SARACHILD142. The Boston Women's Health Book Collective, SUSAN BROWNMILLER *143. The Making of the Vanguard Center, BENITA ROTH144. The Development of Chicana Feminist Discourse, ALMA GARCIA145. Thoughts on Indian Feminism, KATE SHANLEY146. Presenting the Blue Goddess: Toward a National Pan-Asian Feminist Agenda, SONIA SHAH147. Blame It On Feminism, SUSAN FALUDI*148. Whose Security? CHARLOTTE BUNCH149. The Globetrotting Sneaker, CYNTHIA ENLOE*150. Transnational Collaboration in Support of Sweatshop Workers: Union Organizing in El Salvador: In Solidarity with U.S. Students, SONIA BEARTRIZ LARA and United States Against Sweatshops, LIZA FEATHERSTONE AND UNITED STUDENTS AGAINST SWEATSHOPSWomen Organizing, Many Issues, Many Voices*151. Struggles of Responsibility, WINONA LADUKE152. style no. 1, SONIA SANCHEZ153. Becoming the Third Wave, REBECCA WALKER154. Black Feminism at Twenty-One: Reflections on the Evolution of a National Community, BARBARA RAMSBY155. Voices, WOMEN OF ACE (AIDS COUNSELING AND EDUCATION), BEDFORD HILLS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY156. Construction Workers, Subway Creeps and Other Daily Hazards, MARTHA LANGELAN*157. Domestic Workers Organize in the Global City, AI-JEN POO AND ERIC TANG158. Just Sex: Students Rewrite the Rules on Sex, Violence and Equality, JODY GOLD AND SUSAN VILLARI159. Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism and the Fture, JENNIFER BAUMGARDNER AND AMY RICHARDS*160. Voices of Women’s Studies Graduates: Real Life: Women's Studies in Action, LORI GROSS; Becoming a Feminist Doctor, SHARON THOMPSON; *A Women's Studies Graduate Goes to Africa, CONSTANCE RIVERA* Indicates a new reading** Indicates updated reading