| About the book |
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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| Table of contents |
Preface INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I: WHAT IS WOMEN'S STUDIES' 1. Talking Back | bell hooks 2. Sins of Silence | Mai Kao Thao 3. Claiming an Education | Adrienne Rich 4. The Politics of Black Women's Studies | Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull and Barbara Smith 5. Men and Women's Studies: Premises, Perils, and Promise | Michael Kimmel 6. Women's Studies and Transnational Feminism | Heather Hewett 7. Have You Ever Heard of Asian-American Feminists' | Stacey G. H. Yap 8. 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 Women's Studies: A Man's Perspective | Evan Weissman Jump-Starting My Future: The Force of Women's Studies in My Life | Eleanor Jailer-Coley 9. Women's Studies as Women's History | Marilyn J. Boxer BOX: Feminists Transform Science | Gowri Parameswaran CHAPTER II: BECOMING A WOMAN IN OUR SOCIETY Dominant Ideas About Women 10. The Problem That Has No Name | Betty Friedan 11. A Work of Artifice | Marge Piercy 12. To Be Real | Danzy Senna 13. In Search of Liberation | Debra Kent BOX: JAP: The Anti-Semitic Code Word | Francine Klagsbrun 14. Brideland | Naomi Wolf 15. On Being a "Good Girl": Implications for Latinas in the United States | Elisa Davila 16. Girls: "We are the Ones Who Can Make a Change!" | Ana Grossman and Emma Peters-Axtell 17. not a pretty girl | Ani Di Franco Learning Gender 18. Night to His Day: The Social Construction of Gender | Judith Lorber BOX: Masculine, Feminine or Human' | Robert Jensen 19. The Gift | Murielle Minard 20. klaus barbie, and other dolls i'd like to see | Susan Jane Gilman 21. On Language: You Guys | Audrey Bilger 22. Gender Inequality in School: Not a Thing of the Past | Karen Zittleman and David Sadker BOX: Reality Versus Perception | Jo Sanders and Sarah Cotton Nelson BOX: Checklist for Inclusive Teaching | Mercilee Jenkins 23. The Sexual Politics of Interpersonal Behavior | Nancy Henley and Jo Freeman 24. Teen Mags: How to Get a Guy, Drop 20 Pounds, and Lose Your Self-Esteem | Anastasia Higginbotham 25. Gender in the Media | Marielena Zuniga 26. Bitches and Morons and Skanks, Oh My!: What Reality TV Teaches Us About "Women" | Jennifer L. Pozner 27. Words of Protest: How to Write an Effective Letter to the Editor | Jennifer L. Pozner 28. No Respect: Gender Politics and Hip-Hop | Johnnetta Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall 29. If Women Ran Hip-Hop | Aya de Leon 30. Video | India.Arie 31. X: A Fabulous Child's Story | Lois Gould 32. Courage from Necessity | Mr. Barb Greve CHAPTER III: GENDER AND WOMEN'S BODIES Female Beauty 33. The Beauty Myth | Naomi Wolf 34. When I Was Growing Up | Nellie Wong 35. To Other Women Who Were Ugly Once | Ines Hernandez-Avila 36. Nose Is a Country....I Am the Second Generation | Aishe Berger 37. Homage to My Hair | Lucille Clifton BOX: Our Crown, Our Glory, Our Roots | Meah Clay 38. The Body Politic | Abra Fortune Chernik 39. Breaking the Model | Graciela (Chely) Rodriguez BOX: Revenge Against the Scale | Jenny Ollendorf 40. The Fat Girl Rules the World | July Siebecker 41. Homage to My Hips | Lucille Clifton 42. Double Life: Everyone Wants to See Your Breasts'Until Your Baby Needs Them | Lisa Moricoli Latham Sexuality and Relationships 43. The Cult of Virginity | Jessica Valenti 44. 'We Don't Sleep Around Like White Girls Do': Family, Culture and Gender in Filipina-American Lives | Yen Le Espiritu 45. Esta Risa No Es De Loca | Caridad Souza BOX: Demanding a Condom | Kat Doud 46. Pleasures | Diane Hugs 47. Loving Another Woman | Anne Koedt 48. In Search of the Elusive Orgasm | Lori L. Tharps 49. Bisexuality, Feminism, Men, and Me | Robyn Ochs CHAPTER IV: INSTITUTIONS THAT SHAPE WOMEN'S LIVES Women and Work 50. An Overview of Women and Work | Ellen Bravo, Gloria Santa Anna, and Linda Meric BOX: Gender Segregation and Pay Differentials by Occupation 51. Questions and Answers on Pay Equity | National Committee for Pay Equity BOX: Office Double Standards 52. The Politics of Housework | Pat Mainardi of Redstockings 53. The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World Is Still the Least Valued | Ann Crittenden 54. Friendly for Whose Family' | Betty Holcomb 55. Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in the New Economy | Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild 56. 9to5: Organizing Low-Wage Women | Ellen Bravo, Gloria Santa Anna, and Linda Meric 57. Sexual Harassment | Ellen Bravo and Linda Meric 58. Sexual Harassment and the Law | Arlene Foy Reynolds BOX: Unions Benefit Working Women 59. In Case of Sexual Harassment: A Guide for Women Students | Bernice Sandler 60. 'Each Day I Go Home with a New Wound in My Heart' | Miriam Ching Yoon Louie 61. Women | Alice Walker Women, the Law, and Social Policy 62. Women and the Law: Successes, Setbacks and Unfinished Business | Kathleen O'Keefe and Liann O. S. Snykus BOX: LGBTQ Rights in Several Countries 63. Unequal: A Global Perspective on Women Under the Law | Jessica Neuwirth 64. How to Bring Children Up Without Putting Women Down | Ann Crittenden BOX: Family Support Policies and Programs: An International Perspective 65. Exploding the Stereotypes: Welfare | Rita Henley Jensen 66. The New Antipoverty Regime: Same Single-Mother Poverty Problems | Randy Albelda 67. If I Survive, It Will Be Despite Welfare Reform | Tonya Mitchell 68. How to Think Like a Feminist Economist | Susan Feiner 69. Women in Sport: A Journey Toward Equality | Pat Griffin Women and the Family 70. Family and Women's Lives | Susan Lehrer 71. Seventeen Syllables | Hisaye Yamamoto 72. A Long Story | Beth Brant 73. Elena | Pat Mora 74. 'Don't You Talk About My Mama!' | June Jordan 75. Working at Single Bliss | Mary Helen Washington 76. A Marriage Agreement | Alix Kates Shulman 77. Why We're Not Getting Married | Martha Ackelsberg and Judith Plaskow Women and Religion 78. My Church Threw Me Out | Mary Ann Sorrentino 79. Reactions to a Woman Rabbi | Laura Geller 80. Christian Fundamentalism: Patriarchy, Sexuality, and Human Rights | Susan D. Rose 81. The Black Church: What's the Word' | Johnnetta Cole and Beverly Guy-Sheftall 82. Rethinking Women's Issues in Muslim Communities | Kecia Ali 83. Revelations | Linda Villarosa 84. In Her Own Image | Rose Solari CHAPTER V: HEALTH AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE The Health Care System 85. The Politics of Women's Health Care | Our Bodies Ourselves BOX: The Millennium Development Goals: A Promise to the World's Women 86. Mandatory Doctor's Visit | Diane Hugs 87. The Feminization of AIDS | Marielena Zuniga 88. "Necessity Was the Midwife of Our Politics" | Deborah R. Grayson 89. Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center | Jael Silliman, Marlene Fried, Loretta Ross, and Elena Guttierez BOX: Gyno-to-Lesbo-Chats BOX: Focus on Lesbian Health | Kathleen Debold 90. Breast Cancer Activism: Moving Beyond the Mammography Debate | Sabrina McCormick BOX: Top 10 Breast Cancer Myths Debunked Reproductive Justice 91. What Is Reproductive Justice' | Loretta Ross 92. Voices of Reproductive Justice Disabled Women and Reproductive Justice | Mia Mingus Reproductive Justice Issues for Asian and Pacific Islander Women | Maria Nakae Made in the USA: Advancing Reproductive Justice in the Immigration Debate | Priscilla Huang 93. Abortion: Is a Woman a Person' | Ellen Willis 94. Lost Woman Song | Ani Difranco 95. Talking with the Enemy | Anne Fowler, Nicki Nichols Gamble, Frances X. Hogan, Melissa Kogut, Madeline McComish, and Barbara Thorp BOX: Pro-choice/Pro-life 96. Parental Consent Laws: Are They a 'Reasonable Compromise'' | Mike Males 97. Testimony of William Bell | Connecticut State Legislature 98. Using Pregnancy to Control Women | Ruth Hubbard BOX: Access to Safe Abortion Is a Human Right 99. Reclaiming Choice for Native Women | Jessica Yee 100. Abortion in the United States: Barriers to Access | Marlene Gerber Fried CHAPTER VI: MATRICES OF PRIVILEGE AND OPPRESSION Take a Closer Look: Racism in Women's Lives 101. Defining Racism: 'Can We Talk'' | Beverly Daniel Tatum 102. Codes of Conduct | Adrienne Su 103. Salad | Janice Mirikitani 104. I Am Not Your Princess | Chrystos 105. Take a Closer Look | Carrie Castro 106. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack | Peggy Mcintosh 107. An Autobiography | Angela Davis The Legacy of Class 108. Tired of Playing Monopoly' | Donna Langston 109. Sisters | Barbara Neely 110. Jewish and Working Class | Bernice Mennis 111. Poverty, Hopelessness, and Hope | Kendall A. Johnson 112. Grace Paley Reading | Toi Derricotte 'Are You Some Kind of Dyke'': The Perils of Heterosexism 113. Homophobia and Sexism | Suzanne Pharr 114. Cat | Julie Blackwomon 115. Chicana Lesbians: Fear and Loathing in the Chicano Community | Carla Trujillo 116. Livin' in a Gay Family | Megan McGuire 117. I Lost It at the Movies | Jewelle Gomez Older, Wiser, and Marginalized: Ageism in Women's Lives 118. Older Women: The Realities | Older Women's League 119. The Women in the Tower | Cynthia Rich 120. The Day Nani Fell and I Wasn't There to Catch Her | Anna Marie Quevedo 121. Over the Hill and Out of Sight | Janice Keaffaber BOX: She Who Once Was | Rebecca McClanahan Nations, Boundaries, and Belonging: Citizenship in Women's Lives 122. The Tale of Two Worlds: Unpacking the Power of the Global North over the Global South | Gowri Parameswaran 123. Injustice on Our Plates: Immigrant Women in the U.S. Food Industry | Southern Poverty Law Center 124. Mothers of Our Nations: Indigenous Women Address the World | Winona LaDuke 125. What's in a Name | Anida Yoeu Ali 126. Human Security vs. National Security | Charlotte Bunch Borderlands and Intersections 127. Rights, Realities and Issues of Women with Disabilities | Laura Hershey BOX: Beside My Sister, Facing the Enemy | Mari Matsuda 128. Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference | Audre Lorde 129. Fence Sitters, Switch Hitters, and Bi-Bi Girls: An Exploration of Hapa and Bisexual Identities | Beverly Yuen Thompson 130. Boundaries: Arab/American | Lisa Suhair Majaj 131. Why Race Matters to a White Dyke | Nell Geiser 132. Friday Night | Linda Hogan CHAPTER VII: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Violence in Intimate Relationships 133. Understanding Intimate Partner Violence | Michele McKeon 134. The Club | Mitsuye Yamada 135. La Princesa | Latina Anonima BOX: Violence in Intimate Relationships: A Feminist Perspective | bell hooks 136. Holding Up More Than Half the Heavens | Margaretta Wan Lin and Cheng Imm Tan 137. Selective Storytelling: A Critique of U.S. Media Coverage Regarding Violence Against Indian Women | Sharmila Lodhia 138. Bringing Women's Studies to a Battered Women's Shelter | Colleen Farrell Sexual Violence 139. With No Immediate Cause | Ntozake Shange 140. Rape, The All-American Crime | Susan Griffin BOX: Rape Law Reform | Amy Silvestro 141. Whose Body Is It, Anyway' | Pamela Fletcher 142. Rape and Gender Violence: From Impunity to Accountability in International Law | Rhonda Copelon 143. Catcalls, Groping, and Stalking in Public Places: How to Deal with Street Harassment | Holly Kearl BOX: 'Hey, Man, That's Not Cool': Men Stopping Street Harassment 144. High-School Gauntlet | Rachel 145. Naming and Studying Acquaintance Rape | Peggy Reeves Sanday 146. Stronger Than You Know | Rachel Modell 147. Protecting Male Abusers and Punishing the Women Who Confront Them: The Current Status of Child-Sex Abuse in America | Lanette Fisher-Hertz 148. Making Sense of the Experience of Incest Survivors | Peri L. Rainbow 149. Bubba Esther, 1888 | Ruth Whitman CHAPTER VIII: CHANGING OUR WORLD Feminism as a Social Movement 150. The First and Second Waves of Feminism in the United States | Amy Kesselman 151. The Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention, 1848 BOX: Sojourner Truth's Defense of the Rights of Women 152. What Feminism Means to Me | George Middleton 153. Consciousness Raising: A Radical Weapon | Kathie Sarachild 154. The Boston Women's Health Book Collective | Susan Brownmiller 155. The Making of the Vanguard Center | Benita Roth 156. Chicana Feminist Discourse, 1970s | Alma M. Garcia 157. Thoughts on Indian Feminism | Kate Shanley 158. Triple Jeopardy and the Struggle | Miriam Ching Yoon Louie 159. Blame It on Feminism | Susan Faludi 160. Bringing the Global Home | Charlotte Bunch 161. The Globetrotting Sneaker | Cynthia Enloe 162. Transnational Collaboration in Support of Sweatshop Workers Union Organizing in El Salvador | Sonia Beatriz Lara United Students Against Sweatshops | Liza Featherstone and United Students Against Sweatshops Women Organizing: Many Issues, Many Voices 163. Struggles of Responsibility | Winona LaDuke 164. style no. 1 | Sonia Sanchez 165. Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future | Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards 166. Just Sex: Students Rewrite the Rules on Sex, Violence, and Equality | Jodi Gold and Susan Villari 167. Black Feminism at Twenty-one: Reflections on the Evolution of a National Community | Barbara Ramsby 168. Voices | Women of Ace, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility 169. Organizing with Love: Lessons from the New York Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Campaign | Ai-Jen Poo, For Domestic Workers United 170. Women, Environmental Justice, and the Coal River Mountain Watch | Joyce M. Barry 171. The Feminist Food Revolution | Jennifer Cognard-Black 172. Waging Peace: Medea Benjamin of Codepink | Angelina Perri Birney 173. Feminism and Antimilitarism: An Activist's Journey | Claire R. Papell 174. Voices of Women's Studies Graduates Real Life: Women's Studies in Action' | Lori Gross Becoming a Feminist Physician | Sharon Thompson A Women's Studies Graduate Goes to Africa | Constance Rivera Credits Index |
