Women: Images And Realities, A Multicultural Anthology

1. WHAT IS WOMEN'S STUDIES? bell hooks, Talking Back / Mai Kao Thao, Sins of Silence / Adrienne Rich, Claiming an Education / Gloria T. Hull and Barbara Smith, The Politics of Black Women's Studies / Michael Kimmel, Men and Women's Studies / Stacey G. H. Yap, Have You Ever Heard of Asian American Feminists? / Danista Hunte, Women's Studies as a Growth Process / Luana Ferreira, Finding My Latina Identity Through Women's Studies / Lucita Woodis, What Women's Studies Has Meant to Me / Deborah Halstead Lennon, Why Women's Studies? / Evan Weissman, Women's Studies: A Man's Perspective / Carol T. Christ, The America University and Women's Studies / Emily Martin, The Egg and the Sperm: How Science has Constructed a Romance based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles 2. BECOMING A WOMAN IN OUR SOCIETY Dominant Ideas About Women / Betty Friedan, The Problem that Has No Name / Marge Piercy, A Work of ArtiFice / Gracepoore, PuriFication / Danzy Senna, To Be Real / Susan Schnur, Blazes of Truth / Debra Kent, In Search of Liberation / Naomi Wolf, Brideland / Elisa Davila, Good GirlismLearning Sexism / Murielle Minard, The Gift / Edith Konecky, Allegra Maud Goldman / Helena Maria Viramontes, Growing / Sadker, Sadker, Fox, and Salata, Gender Equity in the Classroom: The UnFinished Agenda / Nancy Henley and Jo Freeman, The Sexual Politics of Interpersonal Behavior / Anastasia Higginbotham, Teen Mags: How to get a Guy, Drop 20 Pounds, and Lose your Self-Esteem / Venise T. Berry, Female Images and Roles in Music / Naomi Weisstein, Mutineers in Mainstream Music / Lois Gould, X: A Fabulous Children's Story 3. GENDER AND WOMEN'S BODIES Female Beauty / Rita Freedman, The Myth in the Mirror / Nellie Wong, When I was Growing Up / Ines Hernandez-Avila, To Other Women Who Were Ugly Once / Aishe Berger, Nose is a Country... I am the Second Generation / Lucille Clifton, Homage to My Hair / Leslea Newman, One Spring / Donna Marquardt, Time to Eat / July Siebecker, Women's Oppression and the Obsession with Thinness / Linda Delgado, Arroz Con Pollo vs. Slimfast / Lucille Clifton, Homage to My Hips / Alice Walker, Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the SelfSexuality and Relationships / Rebecca Walker, Lusting for Freedom / Lisa Deboer, Living My Life: Thoughts on Sexual Identity / Zoe Leonard, Safe Sex is Real Sex / Diane Hugs, Pleasures / Toni Cade Bambara, My Man Bovanne / Anne Koedt, Loving Another Woman / Marge Piercy, The Turn On / Robin Ochs, Bisexuality, Feminism, Men and Me 4. INSTITUTIONS THAT SHAPE WOMEN'S LIVES Women and The Law / Kristen Miccio, Women and the Law / Kristen Miccio, On Identity and Law / Amy Kesselman, Women vs. Connecticut: Conducting A Statewide Hearing on AbortionWomen and the Family / Susan Lehrer, Family and Women's Lives / Hisaye Yamamoto, Seventeen Syllables / Beth Brant, A Long Story / June Jordan, Don't You Talk About My Mama / Mary Helen Washington, Working at Single Bliss / Alix Kates Schulman, A Marriage Agreement / Ellen Davidson, Communal LivingWomen and Healthcare / Carol Stevens, How Women Get Bad Medicine / Bebe Nixon, Elizabeth Ramos / Evelynn Hammonds, Missing Persons: African American Women and AIDS / Rita Arditti with Tatiana Schreiber, Breast Cancer: The Environmental Connection / Bylle Avery, Breathing Life into Ourselves: The Evolution of the National Black Women's Health ProjectWomen and Religion / Mary Ann Sorentino, My Church Threw Me Out / Laura Geller, Reactions to a Woman Rabbi / Rose Solari, In Her Own Image 5. THE DIFFERENCES AMONG US: DIVISIONS AND CONNECTIONS Take a Closer Look: Racism in Women's Lives / Beverly Daniel Tatum, DeFining Racism / Adrienne Su, Codes of Conduct / Janice Mirikitani, Salad / Chrystos, I am Not Your Princess / Carrie Castro, Take a Closer Look / Angela Davis, An Autobiography (excerpt) / Alexis DeVeaux, Dear Aunt NanadineThe Legacy of Class / Donna Langston, Tired of Playing Monopoly / Agnes Smedley, The Birthday Party / Dorothy Allison, Context / Barbara Neeley, Sisters / Bernice Mennis, Jewish and Working Class / Toi Derricotte, Grace Paley ReadingAre You Some Kind of Dyke? The Perils of Heterosexism / Suzanne Pharr, Homophobia and Sexism / Julie Carter, Cat / Carla Trujillo, Chicana Lesbians: Fear and Loathing in the Chicano Community / Megan McGuire, Living in a Gay Family / Jewelle Gomez, I Lost it at the MoviesUnderstanding and Valuing Difference / Minnie Bruce Pratt, Who am I If I'm Not My Father's Daughter? / Peggy McIntosh, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack / Audre Lorde, Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women RedeFining Difference / Linda Hogan, Friday Night 6. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SEXISM: CURRENT ISSUES Aging / Older Women's League, The Realities of Older Women's Lives / Cynthia Rich, Women in the Tower / Anne Marie Querido, The Day Nani Fell and I Wasn't There to Catch Her / Ruth Dreamdigger, Wonderful Older WomenRights and Choices: Reproductive Health / Ellen Willis, Abortion: Is a Woman a Person? / Laura Wells, In Response to a 'Moderate' View of Abortion / Mike Males, Parental Consent Laws: Are They a 'Reasonable Compromise'? / Connecticut State Legislature, Testimony of William Bell (on Raised Bill #5447) / Ruth Hubbard, Using Pregnancy to Control Women / Kathryn Kolbert, Developing A Reproductive Rights Agenda for the 1990's / Iris Lopez, Agency and Constraint: Sterilization and Reproductive Freedom Among Puerto Rican Women in New York CitySexual Harassment / Julia Whealin, Sexual Harassment: An Overview of Its Impact for Women / Diane Hugs, Mandatory Doctor's Visit / Martha Langelan, Construction Workers, Subway Creeps and Other Daily Hazards: Confronting Harasses in the Community / Project on the Status of Women, Sexual Harassment: A Guide to Women Students / Sonia Sanchez, Style #1 / Violence Against Women in Intimate Relationships / Del Martin, Letter from a Battered Wife / Mitsuye Yamada, The Club / Ann Jones, Battering: Who's Going to Stop It? / Margaretta Wan Ling Lin and Cheng Imm Tan, Holding Up More Than Half the HeavensSexual Violence and Rape / Athena Devlin, The Shame of Silence / Pamela Fletcher, Whose Body Is It Anyway / Susan GrifFin, Rape, The All American Crime / Ntosake Shange, With No Immediate Cause / Peggy Reeves Sanday, Naming and Studying Acquaintance RapeIncestuous Sexual Abuse / Melba Wilson, Toward a Black Feminist Understanding of Child Sexual Abuse / Perry Rainbow, Making Sense of Incest and Recovery / Emilie Morgan, Don't Call Me a Survivor / Deborah Miranda, Silver 7. CHANGING OUR WORLD Feminism As A Social Movement / Amy Kesselman, History of Feminist Movements in the U.S. / The Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention, 1848 / Sojourner Truth, Ar'n't I A Woman / Nell Irvin Painter, Sojourner's Truth's Defense of the Rights of Women and Frances Cage's Interpretation / Kathie Sarachild, Consciousness Raising: A Radical Weapon / Susan Brownmiller, The Boston Women's Health Book Collective / Barbara Smith, Introduction / Alma Garcia, The Development of Chicana Feminist Discourse / Kate Shanley, Thoughts on Indian Feminism / Susan Faludi, Blame It On Feminism / Charlotte Bunch, Bringing the Global Home / Charlotte Bunch and Susana Fried, Beijing '95: Moving Women's Rights from Margin to Center / Cynthia Enloe, The Globetrotting SneakerWomen Organizing: Many Issues, Many Voices / Rebecca Walker, Becoming the Third Wave / Celine Krause, Blue-Collar Women and Toxic-Waste Protests: The Process of Politicization / Sonia Shah, PreseAmy Kesselman is the author of 'Women: Images And Realities, A Multicultural Anthology', published 1998 under ISBN 9781559349789 and ISBN 1559349786.