Gendered Intersections ; An Introduction to Women`s and Gender Studies

419 Pages·2005·102.721 MB·English

by  Lesley Biggs (editor) , Pamela Downe (editor)

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An Introduction to Women's
and Gender Studies
Lesley Biggs
Pamela Downe
editors

Gendered
Intersections
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Gendered intersections : an introduction to women's and gender studies/ C. Lesley Biggs
and Pamela J. Downe, eds.
Includes bibliographicaJ references.
ISBN-13: 978-1-55266-154-3
ISBN-10: 1-55266-154-7
1. Sex role. 2. Women--Miscellanea. 3. Women--Social conditions.
4. Women--Literary collections. I. Biggs, Lesley II. Downe, Pamela, 1958-
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Contents
Contributors .................................................................................................................... 11
Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................... 17
Gendered Intersections: Introductory Comments
Pamela J. Downe and C. Lesley Biggs .......................................................................... 19
SECTION I
SETTING THE STAGE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A WOMAN?
C. Lesley Biggs ... 22
Setting the Stage - Hypatia Index .................................................................................. 29
1. "If I can't sing, I don't want to belong to your revolution" :
Teaching Feminist Theory Through Music C. Lesley Biggs ......................................... 32
2. Negotiating Power in the Classroom: The Example of Group Work Linda Briskin .. 37
3. Nation, Empire, Colony: Historicizing Gender and Race Ruth Roach Pierson ........... 42
4. Rou Garous Maria Campbell ....................................................................................... 48
5. Tai kin' 'Bout Whose Generation? Candis Steenbergen .............................................. 57
6. The Signer Margaret Atwood ...................................................................................... 62
7. E-Mail: I Want to Be a Woman ................................................................................. 63
SECTION II
FORGING FEMININITIES AND MASCULINITIES
THROUGH MEDIA AND MATERIAL CULTURES
C. Lesley Biggs ... 65
Forging Femininities and Masculinities through Media and Material Cultures -
Hypatia Index ................................................................................................................. 70
8. "Mrs. Slob's" Manifesto: A Case Study in Critical
Reading of Chatelaine Magazine Valerie J. Korinek .................................................. 73
9. The Work of Fashion in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Nicholas Packwood .. 79
10. "Special K" Advertisement ........................................................................................ 84
11. Music and Gender Virginia Caputo ............................................................................. 85
12. E-Mail: The Princess and the Frog ............................................................................ 91
SECTION Ill
HIERARCHIES OF DIFFERENCE
Pamela}. Downe ... 92
Experiencing Hierarchies of Difference - Hypatia Index ............................................... 96
13. Perils of the Past and Strong Women: Contemporary Challenges and Promises for
the Future of Aboriginal Women C Tawnye Plewes and Pamela}. Downe ............... 98
14. Excerpts from the Indian Act of Canada Edited by Pamela}. Downe ...................... 103
15. For and by Men: Colony, Gender and Aboriginal Self-Government Anna Hunter .. 107
16. "Walking the Hyphen": Discourses of Immigration and Gendered Racism
Yasmin Jiwani ............................................................................................................ 112
17. Women and Poverty Denise Spitzer .......................................................................... 119
SECTION IV
SEXUALIZING WOMEN AND MEN
Pamela}. Downe ... 125
Sexualizing Women and Men - Hypatia Index ............................................................ 130
18. Understanding Men: Gender Sociology and the New
International Research on Masculinities R. W. Connell ............................................ 133
19. Coffee Boys Duncan Campbell .................................................................................. 138
20. "The Best I Could Say Was That It Was Like Bliss": Thinking about the Circuit,
Pleasure and the Subject Russell Westhaver ............................................................. 139
21. Shelley's Story: A Narrative of Pregnancy Loss Jacquelyne Luce .............................. 144
22. We're Talking Vulva! Shawna Dempsey ................................................................... 149
23. Tales of Selling Sex Pamela}. Downe ....................................................................... 151
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SECTION V
GENERATIONS
Pamela J. Downe ... 156
Generations-Hypatia Index ........................................................................................ 162
24. Talking About "Us": Racialized Girls, Cultural Citizenship
and Growing Up under Whiteness Jo-Anne Lee ........................................................ 164
25. Another Girl: An Atypical Story about a Typical Adolescent Stephen Gaetz ............ 170
26. Ann Harbuz: Playing With Convention Joan Borsa .................................................. 175
27. Cyborgs, Flower Ladies and Horse Women: The Changing Face of Menopause
Pat Kaufert ................................................................................................................ 183
28. E-Mail: Menopause Barbie ..................................................................................... 188
SECTION VI
WAGED WORK
C. Lesley Biggs ... 790
Waged Workers-Hypatia Index ................................................................................... 196
29. Gender and Employment Relations in the Information Economy: Call Centre Work
Bob Russell ................................................................................................................. 198
30. Immigrant Garment Workers as the Embodiment of Gender, Race
and Class Relations Roxana Ng ................................................................................. 204
31. Sites of Struggle/Vehicles of Resistance: Unions and Women Workers
Linda Briskin .............................................................................................................. 210
32. Female Home Health Care Employees: Lower Status, Higher Risk
Allison Williams, P. Susan Wagner and Monie Buettner ........................................... 216
33. Gender among the "Guys": Reflections on Work, Family Life and
Retention of Women in Engineering Gillian Ranson ............................................... 222
34. Without the Law Mary Nyquist ................................................................................. 227
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SECTION VII
WORKING FOR THE NEXT GENERATION
C. Lesley Biggs ... 228
Working for the Next Generation-Hypatia Index ........................................................ 230
35. Feminist Perspectives on Mothering and Motherhood: Power and Oppression
Andrea O'Reilly .......................................................................................................... 235
36. Becoming a Lesbian Mother Fiona Nelson ............................................................... 241
37. Daycare and "Other than Mother" Dilemmas Susan Prentice ................................. 246
38. Family Bed Frances Robson ...................................................................................... 251
39. Dancing with Disability and Mothering: Examining Identity and Expectations
Heather Kuttai ........................................................................................................... 254
40. E-Mail: The Origins of Mother's Day ....................................................................... 259
41. Her/s Elizabeth MacKenzie ..................................... ,. ................................................. 261
42. My Father's Dying David Carpenter ............................................................... ., ......... 262
SECTION VIII
FOOD WORK: PRODUCTION AND POETICS
Pamela J. Downe ... 268
Food Work: Production and Poetics - Hypatia Index .................................................. 273
43. In Appreciation of the Goose: The Relationship between of Food, Gender and
Respect among the liyiyu'ch of Great Whale, Quebec Naomi Adelson .................... 276
44. First the Chores and Then the Dishes Aritha Van Herk ........................................... 280
45. Stories fron1 Field to Table: Women in the Global Food System Deborah Barndt .. 289
46. Breastfeeding at Night Susan Eisenberg .................................................................. 295
47. The Newfoundland Fishery: "No Place for a Woman?" Nicole Gerardo Power ...... 296
48. Cheerleader Practice Susan Joannou ....................................................................... 302
49. Hunger Carrie Smith ................................................................................................. 303
50. I Eat Kids: Yum Yum! Dennis Lee ............................................................................. 304
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SECTION IX
SPIRITUALITY AND PHYSICALITY
Pamela J. Downe ... 305
Spirituality and Physicality: Positioning of Pain and Empowerment- Hypatia Index 310
51. It All Began with Eve Morny Joy ......................................................................... ,. ..... 313
52. In Da Name of Da Fadder Louise Ha/Je ................................................................... 318
53. "I Didn't Know You Were Jewish": And Other Things Not to Say When You Find Out
Ivan Kalmar ............................................................................................................... 320
54. Once Upon My Mind Tereigh Ewert-Bauer ................................................................ 326
55. Historical Perspectives on Women's Health Gina Feld berg ...................................... 330
56. Changing Perceptions of Health and Body Image over the Life Course
Pam Wakewich .......................................................................................................... 335
57. The Fat Lady's Dance Lorna Crozier ......................................................................... 341
58. Bread R1-s1ng Mary Pratt ......................................................................................... 343
59. Connecting Our Lives with Yours: Why Disability is Every Won1an's Issue
Vera Chouinard .......................................................................................................... 344
SECTION X
SCIENCE AND CYBERSPACE:INTRODUCTION
C. Lesley Biggs ... 349
Gendered Patterns in Science and Cyberspace- Hypatia Index .................................. 354
60. Quality: Simone Weil, 1909- 1943 Stephanie Strickland .......................................... 356
61. Are Boys Better than Girls at Math? Paula J. Caplan and Jeremy B. Caplan .......... 357
62. Primatology is an Equal-Opportunity Science: Women, Minority Groups and Third
World Students are Particularly Encouraged to Apply Linda Marie Fedigan ........... 362
63. Feminist Ecology Is the Answer Vandana Shiva ...................................................... 367
64. Women and Indigenous Technology Anoja Wickramasinghe ................................. 371
65. Computer, Male or Female? ................................................................................... 375
66. The All-Girl Online Revolution Krista Scott-Dixon .................................................... 377
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