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Introduction to Women's and Gender Studiesis a truly interdisciplinary and intersectional text featuring global examples for women's, gender, and sexuality studies. Its student-centered rhetorical approach and pedagogical features--including an engaging image program, prompts for activism, a comprehensive glossary, appendices of key terms, annotated bibliographies for additional reading, and "Feminisms in Brief"--aid studentsin assimilating fundamental women's and gender studies terms and concepts. While it is a textbook and not an anthology, Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies adopts the best facets of the anthologyapproach: it includes discussions of frequently anthologized writers and writing that is more engaging and narrative in style than traditional textbooks. The book systematically covers core interdisciplinary concepts so that students are prepared for women's and gender studies courses in a variety of disciplines.
Contents
Part IChapter 1: Sex, Gender, and Social ConstructionSexIntersexThe Social Construction of SexSex IdentityGenderGender PolarizationDoing Sex and Gender Across CulturesMultiple Femininities and MasculinitiesGender IdeologyAndrogynySex and Gender as Cognitive SchemasGender RolesChanging Ideas About GenderIntersectionalityGender IdentityGender Non-ConformingBaby X: The ConclusionSexual OrientationThird Sex/Third GenderChapter 2: Language and CommunicationWhat Language Reveals, Conceals and ImposesThe Primacy of Males and Masculine TermsThe Sex and Gender of ThingsParallel LanguageMr., Miss, Mrs., and Ms.Language, Communication and Semantic ChangeAppropriation of Stigmatized NamesCommunication and Reception TheorySex, Gender and CommunicationGender, Class and SpeechPerformativityWomen, Men and Communities of PracticeChapter 3: Gender and In/EqualityThe Social Construction of GenderGender Construction in ChildrenThe Social Costs of Traditional Femininity and MasculinitySexism: A Special Case of PrejudiceMisogynyPolitical and Economic InequalityPatriarchyPatriarchy at HomeFeminismThe "Mythical Norm"IntersectionalityOppressionWhat About the Oppression of Men?Not All Discrimination is OppressionPart II: Issues and IntersectionsChapter 4: LGBTQQIAA Identities and ChallengesMeasuring Sexual Orientation Kinsey ScaleKlein Grid HomosocialityStorms' ScaleLooking Back, Looking ForwardLGBTQQIAA IdentitiesL/LesbianG/GayB/BisexualT/TransgenderQ/QueerQ/QuestioningI/IntersexA/AsexualA/AllyThe Problem of Heterosexual FocusThe Lesbian Continuum and Marriage Resistance in Southern ChinaAnti-LGBT AttitudesStraight Male Homonegativity Regarding Gay Men Straight Male Homonegativity Regarding LesbiansStraight Female Homonegativity Regarding Gay Men and LesbiansNegative Attitudes Regarding BisexualsNegative Attitudes Regarding Transgender PeopleRacism and Homophobia Against LGBT People of ColorMicroagressions against LGBT People of ColorGay Community and Social SupportChapter 5: Constructions of Homosexualities: Past and PresentAncient GreeceSappho and Female Same-Sex SexualityAncient RomeMale Same-Sex RelationsFemale Same-Sex RelationsMale Same-Sex Sexual Relations in Latin American CulturesThe Emergence of the Modern HomosexualMarriage in Early Modern England(Im)possibility(In)significance/(In)visibilitySocial Relations in Modern EuropeThe Rise of Capitalist Social RelationsThe Modern Regime of SexualityHomosexual Identity as a MovementThe Stonewall Uprising and LGBTQ Liberation in the U.S.Homosexualities in AfricaBoy-Wives and Bagburu RelationshipsMummy-Baby RelationshipsHomosexuality as Un-AfricanPersonification of HomosexualityIndia's Hijras: Troubling Same- and Opposite-Sex SchemasChapter 6: Beyond the Mythical Norm: Considering Race, Class, and GenderExamining RaceEssentialismBiology and Racial ClassificationAbandoning the Race ConceptKeeping Race to Aid ActivismEthnicityUs and ThemGender, Race and Ethnicity Are Socially ConstructedStereotypesSocioeconomic Status in AmericaAsian Americans and Pacific Islanders in AmericaThe Ideal of the Model MinorityHistory of DiscriminationBlack People in the U.S.The Myth of the Strong Black WomanBlack Women, Black Men and Public SurveillanceRepresentations of Black PeopleLatinas/osThe Latino Threat NarrativeMachismo and MarianismoAmerican IndiansA Rich History Rife with ExploitationMultiracial AmericaDiscriminationChapter 7: Embodiment, Beauty, and the ViewerFat Studies and ActivismHistory of Women's Body Shape and Clothing in the U.S.1890's: Shifting Ideals in a Shifting Social Climate1900's - 1920's: The Age of the Boyish Flapper1930's: A Turn to Mature, Classical beauty1940's -1950's: Move to Glamorous Fuller Figures1960's - 1970's: Return to the Thin Ideal1980's: Return to the Hourglass Look1990's: Enter the Waif Look2000's - 2010's: Slim and Hour-Glass LooksThe Significance of Female Body Shape and FashionClassHistory of Men's Body Shape and Clothing in the U.S.1666 - 1800's: Into the Great Masculine Renunciation1890's: Enter the Athletic Muscular man1907 - 1950's: Continuation of the Broad Shouldered Ideal1960's: Enter the Peacock1970's: Continuation of the Peacock and Rugged Masculinity1980's: Rise of the Hypermuscular Ideal1990's: Advent of the Metrosexual2000's - 2010's: Popularization of the Slim IdealThe Significance of Male Body Shape and FashionViewing Gendered BodiesThe Male GazeChapter 8: Work, Inequality, and NeoliberalismExamining Unequal PayStarting Out Behind, Staying BehindPaid Work and ParentingWomen's Work, Men's WorkFewer Women and People of Color at the TopWomen Leaders in a BindThe Politics of HouseworkThe Value of All that HouseworkWhy Count Unpaid Work?Work, Family and Social PolicyWork in a Globalizing WorldDocumenting Life on the Global Assembly LineModern-Day SlaveryNeoliberalism and GlobalizationChapter 9: Gender-Based Violence (Re)Defining Gender-Based ViolenceIntimate Partner ViolenceIntimate Partner Violence GloballyIntimate Partner Violence in the U.S. and Other Western CountriesWhere We Get Our DataMaking Sense of the Data: Typologies of ViolenceIntimate TerrorismViolent ResistanceSituational Couple ViolenceRisk Factors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence Feminist Activism and Intimate Partner ViolenceWomen Advocate for ChangeSexual ViolenceWhat Do We Know About Rape?How We Study Who Rapes and WhyDebunking Rape MythsSexual Assault on CampusThe Case of Margaux J.Sexual Violence by WomenThe Role of Culture in Sexual AssaultAdvocates Campaign against Sexual ViolenceViolence against Members of the LGBT CommunityAnti-LGBTQIA Violence and Hate CrimesStalkingPART III: Theory and PracticeChapter 10: Human Rights and Global ActivismLa Guerra del Agua --The Water WarWater and GenderWater Privatization GloballyWater as a Human RightManaging Water in the Public InterestA Note About Reading This ChapterHuman TraffickingHuman Trafficking is a Global Problem Global Trends in TraffickingSouth and East Asia and the PacificAfrica and the Middle EastEurope and Central AsiaAmericasTrafficking for Purposes of Sexual ExploitationWho Is Vulnerable?What Are the Causes of Human Trafficking?Genital Cutting PracticesTraditional Female Genital CuttingThe Reasons Why Female Cutting is PracticedThe Consequences of Traditional Female Genital CuttingCombating Female Genital CuttingCritiquing the Western DiscourseInterrogating Genital Modification GloballyHuman Rights and the LGBTI Community No Country Is Free of Human Rights AbusesThe United Nations, Human Rights and ActivismUniversal and Indivisible?Public and Private RightsEngendering Human Rights Law Through a Women's ConventionWhere CEDAW Falls ShortU.S. Non-ratification of CEDAWThe United Nations Fourth World Conference on WomenA Conference of FirstsSex and GenderMultiple OppressionsSexual Rights and Sexual OrientationChapter 11: History of Women's Activism in the U.S.: Struggles and SolidaritiesRethinking the WavesThe Roots of Feminist Organizing in the U.S.The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Woman QuestionLabor Movements in an Industrializing AmericaSeneca Falls, Suffrage and BeyondSchism in the Woman MovementEqual Rights for WomenThere Is No Break in the WavesThe Anti-Lynching MovementThe Rise of Organized LaborThe Birth Control MovementThe 1950's: Emerging Movements, Pivotal MomentsU.S. Feminist Organizing from 1960Equality FeminismDifference FeminismMultiracial FeminismFeminist Advocacy 1960-1990EducationWorkBody image and beauty standardsCapitalism and imperialismViolence against womenPornographyReproductive healthIssue Focus: Reproductive ChoiceThe 1980's, Conservatism and Backlash in the U.S.The Third WaveTransfeminismHip-Hop FeminismRiot Grrrls, Zines and DIY FeminismGaga FeminismCommon Themes in Third Wave FeminismThird Wave Feminists Take a Feminism is for Everyone ApproachThird Wave Feminists are Intentionally Multicultural and CoalitionalThird Wave Feminists are AntiessentialistThird Wave Feminists are GenderbendingThird Wave Feminists Engage Popular CultureThird Wave Feminists are often ProsexSecond Wave is to Third Wave as Mother Is to Daughter?Chapter 12: Feminisms: Theories and PracticesAdvantages of Feminist Theoretical AnalysisUnderstanding Forms of FeminismRead and Re-Read the Forms of FeminismUnderstand There Are No Neat DivisionsRecognize This Is a Brief IntroductionNot Agreeing with Everything is OKUnderstand Anti-FeminismLiberal Feminist TheoryHistory of Liberal FeminismRadical Feminist TheoryHistory of Radical FeminismMarxist and Socialist Feminist TheoryHistory of Marxist and Socialist FeminismU.S. Intersectional Feminist TheoryHistory of U.S. Intersectional FeminismTransnational Feminist TheoryHistory of Transnational FeminismPostmodern Feminist/Queer TheoryHistory of Postmodernism and Queer TheoryAppendicesAppendix A: Basic TermsAppendix B: Names for People and PlacesAppendix C: Feminisms in BriefGlossaryReferences
