Reconstructing Gender

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 briefl y identify important issues in the general fi eld of study, describe the readings, and identify the central themes emerging throughout the book. Part It's not just about Gender 1. The Puerto Rican Dummy and the Merciful Son, Marti;n Espada 2. From Nothing, A Consciousness, Helen Zia 3. The Past is Ever Recognizing the New Racism, Patricia Hill Collins 4. Angry Women Are Issues and Struggles Facing American Indian Women Today, Paula Gunn Allen 5. “J.A.P.”- The Politics of Scapegoating, Ruth Atkin and Adrienne Rich 6. White Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh 7. Controlled or Identity and the Experience of the Network, Women Living Under Muslim Laws, Farida Shaheed 8. Theorizing Difference from Multiracial Feminism, Maxine Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thornton Dill 9. Patriarchy, Allan Johnson 10. Reflections on Global Governance and Transnational Feminist Movements in an Era of Infinite War, Rosalind Petchesky Part Gender Socialization 11. The Social Construction of Gender, Judith Lorber 12. Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities, Michael A. Messner 13. Who's the Fairest of Them All?, Jill Nelson 14. The Myth of the Latin I Just Met a Girl Named Mari;a, Judith Ortiz Cofer 15. He Defies You The Memoirs of a Sissy, Tommi Avicolli 16. Growing Up Hidden, Linnea Due Part Embodiment 17. Beauty Is the Psychological Effects of the Pursuit of the Perfect Female Body, Elayne A. Saltzberg and Joan C. Chrisler 18. Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit, Leslie Marmon Silko 19. “A Way Outa No Way”: Eating Problems among African-American, Latina, and White Women, Becky W. Thompson 20. Just Walk on A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space, Brent Staples 21. Taking It, Leonard Kriegel 22. Do You Remember Me?, Barbara Macdonald 23. I’m Not Fat, I’m Latina, Christy Haubegger 24. The Tyranny of the Surgery’s Most Intimate Violation, Martha A. Coventry Part Communication 25. For the White Person Who Wants to Know How to Be My Friend, Pat Parker 26. You Just Don’t Women and Men in Conversation, Deborah Tannen 27. Real Men Don’t Cry . . . and Other “Uncool” Myths, Phil W. Petrie 28. The New Momism, Susan J. Douglas and Meredith W. Michaels 29. Claiming Black Female Subjectivity and Sexual Expressions in Hip-Hop, Ayana Byrd 30. Virtual Organizing, Global Activism, Shireen Lee 31. Where are the women? The strange case of the missing feminists. When was the last time you saw one on TV?, Laura Zimmerman Part Sexuality 32. How Men Have (a) Sex, Jon Stoltenberg 33. The Myth of the Sexual Athlete, Don Sabo 34. Reproductive A Disability Rights Issue, Marsha Saxton 35. The Impact of Multiple Marginalization, Paula C. Rust 36. Uses of the The Erotic as Power, Audre Lorde Part Families 37. The Transformation of Family Life, Lillian B. Rubin 38. Bloodmothers, Othermothers, and Women-Centered Networks, Patricia Hill Collins 39. Dilemmas of Involved Fatherhood, Kathleen Gerson 40. Man A Black Lesbian Feminist’s Response, Audre Lorde 41. I Am a Man, Raul E. Ybarra 42. What is marriage for?, E.J. Graff Part Education 43. Missing in Interaction, Myra and David Sadker 44. "What About the Boys?" What the Current Debates Tell Us--and Don't Tell Us--About Boys in Schools, Michael S. Kimmel 45. Conflict within the Ivory Tower, Ruth Sidel 46. Black and Reflections on Graduate School, bell hooks Part Paid Work and Unemployment 47. The "Success" of Welfare Reform, Sharon Hays 48. Sixty Cents to a Man’s Dollar, Ann Crittenden 49. Why Are There No Male Asian Anchormen on TV?, Ben Fong-Torres 50. The Effects of Affirmative Action on Other Stakeholders, Barbara Reskin 51. "Global Woman" by Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild 52. America's Dirty Migrant Maids and Modern-Day Slavery, Joy M. Zarembka 53. The Globetrotting Sneaker, Cynthia Enloe Part Violence 54. Women, Violence, and Resistance, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz 55. The Ultimate Growth Trafficking in Women and Girls, Jan Goodwin 56. Where Race and Gender Racism, Hate Crimes, and Pornography, Helen Zia 57. Homophobia in Straight Men, Terry A. Kupers 58. Stopping Sexual A Challenge for Community Education, Robert L. Allen 59. How Safe Is America?, Desiree Taylor 60. Wielding Masculinity inside Abu Making Feminist Sense of an American Military Scandal, Cynth...