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G I An Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies Lesley Biggs Pamela Downe editors Gendered Intersections Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Kahle/A ustin Foundation? https://archive.org/details/genderedintersec0000unse Copyright© 2005 C. Lesley Biggs and Pamela J. Downe All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Editing: Brenda Conroy Cover art: Zachari Logan Printed and bound in Canada by: Hignell Book Printing Limited A publication of: Fernwood Publishing Site 2A, Box 5, 32 Oceanvista Lane Black Point, Nova Scotia, BOJ 1 BO and 324 Clare Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3L 1S3 www.fernwoodbooks.ca second printing 2006 Fernwood Publishing Company Limited gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture and the Canada Council for Lhe * ,_ Arts for Our publishing program. l•I "*"-···- ~ Cor.adian Potrimo1ne , He,Jtage canadie,i Q::> ._,,_,.,,,,...,, ,..,1, 1. ..... -,. ...... Librnry and Archives Canada Cc1taloguing in Publication 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- HQl 233.C465 2005 305.42 C2005-901429-6 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 6 I Gendered Intersections 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 An Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies/ 7 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 8 / Gendered Intersections 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 An Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies/ 9
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