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Zusatztext "This is a very good book... it is a well-written! interesting and very topical book for everyone." -- Dead Trees Review Informationen zum Autor Carol Rambo Ronai is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Memphis. Barbara A. Zsembik is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Florida. Joe R. Feagin is Graduate Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Florida, and author of White Racism: The Basics (Routledge, 1995) and The Agony of Education: Black Students at White Colleges and Universities (Routledge, 1996). Klappentext Despite a common perception that many of the goals of feminism have been achieved, sexism is still high in the nation's collective consciousness--as reflected by public reaction to issues such as the O.J. Simpson trial and the Clarence Thomas hearings. This collection features new and original research on the range of sexism still faced every day by women in U.S. society. Zusammenfassung This collection features new and original research on the range of sexism still faced everyday by women. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction, Carol Rambo Ronai, Barbara A. Zsembik, Joe R. Feagin; Part I Identity As A Gendered Space; Chapter 2 Growing Up In/Between the Lines, Andreana Clay; Chapter 3 Everyday, HeteroSexism, Christine Michele Robinson; Chapter 4 Sexual Harassment from the Perspective of Asian-American Women, Edith Wen-Chu Chen; Chapter 5 Tuna Memos and Pissing Contests, Kimberly J. Cook, Phoebe M. Stambaugh; Part II The Body as a Gendered Space; Chapter 6 Autoethnography on Memory, tammy ko Robinson; Chapter 7 Wife Abuse and Family Idealizations, Dorothy E Smith; Chapter 8 Discursive Constraint in the Narrated Identities of Childhood Sex Abuse Survivors, Carol Rambo Ronai; Chapter 9 Defining the Situation; Part III The Political/Economic Arena As A Gendered Space; Chapter 10 Black Women, Sexism, and Racism, Yanick St. Jean, Joe R. Feagin; Chapter 11 Higher Education as Gendered Space, Hune Shirley; Chapter 12 The Gendered Spaces in Ethnopolitical Life, Barbara A. Zsembik; Chapter 13 Which "We" are We?, Ellen Smith Barbara; Chapter 14 Sexual Harassment Protection for Whom?, Dula J. Espinosa;...
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction, Carol Rambo Ronai, Barbara A. Zsembik, Joe R. Feagin; Part I Identity As A Gendered Space; Chapter 2 Growing Up In/Between the Lines, Andreana Clay; Chapter 3 Everyday, HeteroSexism, Christine Michele Robinson; Chapter 4 Sexual Harassment from the Perspective of Asian-American Women, Edith Wen-Chu Chen; Chapter 5 Tuna Memos and Pissing Contests, Kimberly J. Cook, Phoebe M. Stambaugh; Part II The Body as a Gendered Space; Chapter 6 Autoethnography on Memory, tammy ko Robinson; Chapter 7 Wife Abuse and Family Idealizations, Dorothy E Smith; Chapter 8 Discursive Constraint in the Narrated Identities of Childhood Sex Abuse Survivors, Carol Rambo Ronai; Chapter 9 Defining the Situation; Part III The Political/Economic Arena As A Gendered Space; Chapter 10 Black Women, Sexism, and Racism, Yanick St. Jean, Joe R. Feagin; Chapter 11 Higher Education as Gendered Space, Hune Shirley; Chapter 12 The Gendered Spaces in Ethnopolitical Life, Barbara A. Zsembik; Chapter 13 Which "We" are We?, Ellen Smith Barbara; Chapter 14 Sexual Harassment Protection for Whom?, Dula J. Espinosa;
Summary
This collection features new and original research on the range of sexism still faced everyday by women.
