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Feminist Frontiers
Verta Taylor (Anthology Editor) , Nancy E. Whittier (Anthology Editor) , Leila J. Rupp (Anthology Editor)
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Feminist Frontiers
Verta Taylor (Anthology Editor) , Nancy E. Whittier (Anthology Editor) , Leila J. Rupp (Anthology Editor)
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Feminist Frontiers is intended for use in courses on women’s studies, gender studies, feminist studies, or the sociology of gender. It offers a general framework for analyzing women, society, and culture; its classic and contemporary readings on cutting-edge topics cut across disciplinary and generational lines, presenting the full diversity of women’s lives and exploring commonalities and interconnected differences. New selections in the tenth edition emphasize the diversity of women’s experiences and the intersections of gender with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality, and ability.
New to This Edition:
Thirty-five new selections emphasize the diversity of women’s experiences and promote understanding of how gender inequality intersects with other systems of oppression, including race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nationality, and ability Highlights contemporary issues including “gender of Trumpism,” climate change, mass shootings, and the #BlackLivesMatter movement to address issues students face on a daily basisInclusion of blogs and online writings emphasizes the impact of social media on society including Facebook, Twitter, and online gaming
Table of Contents
About the Editors
Part I: Introduction
Section One: Diversity and Difference
Living a Feminist LifeSara Ahmed
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's HouseAudre Lorde
We Hold Our Hands Up: On Indigenous Women’s Love and ResistanceDory Nason
Naming: Freaks and QueersEli Clare
Section Two: Theoretical Perspectives
"Night To His Day": The Social Construction of Gender Judith Lorber
The Medical Construction of GenderSuzanne Kessler
Transgender Feminism: Queering the Woman QuestionSusan Stryker
Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of ColorKimberlé Crenshaw
Part II: Gender, Culture, and Socialization
Section Three: Represenation, Language, and Culture
Gender Stereotyping in the English LanguageLaurel Richardson
Feminist Consumerism and Fat Activists: Grassroots Activism and the Dove ‘Real Beauty’ CampaignJosée Johnston and Judy Taylor
Cosmetic Surgery: Paying for Your BeautyDebra Gimlin
Hair Still MattersIngrid Banks
Look @ Me 2.0: Self-Sexualization in Facebook Photographs, Body Surveillance and Body ImageLindsay Ruckel and Melanie Hill
Pregnancy, Then it’s “Back to Business:” Beyoncé, Black Femininity, and the Politics of a Post-Feminist Gender RegimeDayna Chatman
Section Four: Socialization
Hetero-Romantic Love and Heterosexiness in Children’s G-Rated FilmsKarin Martin and Emily Kazyak
“I Wanted a Soul Mate:” Gendered Anticipation and Frameworks of Accountability in Parents’ Preferences for Sons and DaughtersEmily W. Kane
The Gender Binary Meets the Gender-Variant ChildElizabeth Rahilly
“This is Your Job Now:” Latina Mothers and Daughters and Family WorkLorena Garcia
Part III: Social Organization of Gender
Section Five: Work and the Economy
Feminism and the Labor Movement: A Century of Collaboration and ConflictEileen Boris and Annelise Orleck
Racializing the Glass Escalator: Reconsidering Men’s Experience with Women’s WorkAdia Harvey Wingfield
The Managed Hand: The Commercialization of Bodies and Emotions in Korean Immigrant-Owned Nail SalonsMiliann Kang
Maid in L.A.Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
Gender-Fluid Geek Girls: Negotiating Inequality Regimes in the Tech IndustryLauren Alfrey and France Winddance Twine
Section Six: Families
Waking Sleeping Beauty: The Pelvic Exam and Heterosexuality during the Cold WarCarolyn Herbst Lewis
Moral Dilemmas, Moral Strategies, and the Transformation of Gender: Lessons from Two Generations of Work and Family ChangeKathleen Gerson
Love’s Labor’s Cost: The Family Life of Migrant Domestic Workers Rhacel Parreñas
Two Sides of the Same Coin: Revising Studies of Lesbian Sexuality and Family Formation through the Study of Black WomenMignon Moore
Intensive Mothering on the Homefront: An Analysis of Army MothersKimberly Murray
A Reproductive Justice Approach to Safe Haven Baby LawsLaury Oaks
Section Seven: Sexualities
Adolescent Girls' Sexuality: the more it changes, the more it stays the sameDeborah L. Tolman
Is Hooking Up Bad for Young Women?Elizabeth Armstrong, Laura Hamilton, and Paula England
Straight Girls KissingLeila J. Rupp and Verta Taylor
Straight Dude Seeks Same: Mapping the Relationship between Sexual Identities, Practices, and CulturesJane Ward
The Sexual Habitus of Transgender Men: Negotiating Sexuality Through GenderKristin Schilt and Elroi Windsor
Section Eight: Bodies, Health, and Reproduction
"A Way Outa No Way": Eating Problems among African-American, Latina, and White Women Becky Wangsgaard Thompson
Loose Lips Sink ShipsSimone Weil Davis
The Politics of Narrative, Narrative as Politic: Rethinking Reproductive Frameworks through the South Dakota Abortion StoryCarly Thomsen
Navigating Public Spaces: Gender, Race, and Body PrivilegeSamantha Kwan
Conquering the Black Girls BluesLani Valencia Jones and Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Section Nine: Violence
Violence Against Girls Provokes Girls’ ViolenceLaurie Schaffner
How You Bully a Girl: Sexual Drama and the Negotiation of Gendered Sexuality in High SchoolSarah Miller
Sexual Assault on Campus: A Multilevel, Integrative Approach to Party RapeElizabeth Armstrong, Laura Hamilton, and Brian Sweeney
Good Guys Don’t Rape: Gender, Domination, and Mobilizing RapeC.J. Pascoe and Jocelyn A. Hollander
“I Can Defend Myself:” Women’s Strategies for Coping with Harassment While Gaming OnlineAmanda C. Cote
Part IV: Social Change
Section Ten: Global Politics and the State
Who is a Real Man? The Gender of TrumpismC.J. Pascoe
From the Third World to the “Third World Within:” Asian Women Workers Fighting Globalization Grace Chang
Intersecting Identities and Global Climate ChangeJoane Nagel
Mass Shootings and MasculinityTristan Bridges and Tara Leigh Tober
Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving? Anthropological Reflections on Cultural Relativism and Its OthersLila Abu-Lughod
Section Eleven: Social Protest and Feminist Movements
Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Queer Politics?Cathy Cohen
From Rights to Justice: Women of Color Changing the Face of Reproductive Justice OrganizingZakiya Luna
Zapatismo and the Emergence of Indigenous FeminismAida Hernandez Castillo
The Story of a Slut Walk: Sexuality, Race, and Generational Divisions in Contemporary Feminist ActivismJo Reger
Facebook Feminism: Social Media, Blogs, and New Technologies of Contemporary U.S. FeminismAlison Dahl Crossley
#safetytipsforladies: Feminist Twitter Takedowns of Victim BlamingCarrie Rentschler
A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter MovementAlicia Garza
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Product details
Published | Jul 05 2019 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 10th |
Extent | 608 |
ISBN | 9781538108109 |
Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Illustrations | 1 b/w illustration; 10 b/w photos; 10 tables |
Dimensions | 252 x 204 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |