The Politics of Women's Bodies: Sexuality, Appearance, and Behavior

Synopsis

A History Of Women's Bodies / Rose Weitz -- Believing Is Seeing: Biology As Ideology / Judith Lorber -- Becoming A Gendered Body: Practices Of Preschools / Karin A. Martin -- Medicalization, Natural Childbirth, And Birthing Experiences / Sarah Jane Brubaker And Heather E. Dillaway -- Foucault, Femininity, And The Modernization Of Patriarchal Power / Sandra Lee Bartky -- Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory / Rosemarie Garland-thomson -- Breasted Experience: The Look And The Feeling / Iris Marion Young -- Daring To Desire: Culture And The Bodies Of Adolescent Girls / Deborah L. Tolman -- A Tale Of Two Technologies: Hpv Vaccination, Male Circumcision, And Sexual Health / Laura M. Carpenter And Monica J. Casper -- Get Your Freak On: Sex, Babies, And Images Of Black Femininity / Patricial Hill Collins -- Brain, Brow, And Booty: Latina Iconicity In U.s. Popular Culture / Isabel Molina Guzman And Angharad N. Valdivia -- So Full Of Myself As A Chick: Goth Women, Sexual Independence, And Gender Egalitarianism / Amy C. Wilkins -- Designing Women: Cultural Hegemony And The Exercise Of Power Among Women Who Have Undergone Elective Mammoplasty / Patricia Gagne And Deanna Mcgaughey -- Women And Their Hair: Seeking Power Through Resistance And Accommodation / Rose Weitz -- Navigating Public Spaces: Gender, Race, And Body Privilege In Everyday Life / Samantha Kwan -- The Moral Underpinnings Of Beauty: A Meaning-based Explanation For Light And Dark Complexions In Advertising / Shyon Baumann -- Reclaiming The Female Body: Women Body Modifiers And Feminist Debates / Victoria Pitts -- From The Muscle Moll To The Butch Ballplayer: Mannishness, Lesbianism, And Homophobia In U.s. Women's Sport / Susan K. Cahn -- Branded With Infamy: Inscriptions Of Poverty And Class In The United States / Vivyan C. Adair -- Backlash And Continuity: The Political Trajectory Of Fetal Rights / Rachel Roth -- Hijab And American Muslim Women: Creating The Space For Autonomous Selves / Rhys H. Williams And Gira Vashi -- Compulsive Heterosexuality: Masculinity And Dominance / C. J. Pascoe -- Being Undocumented And Intimate Partner Violence (ipv): Multiple Vulnerabilities Through The Lens Of Feminist Intersectionality / Margaret E. Adams And Jacquelyn Campbell. [edited By] Rose Weitz, Arizona State University, Samantha Kwan, University Of Houston. Includes Bibliographical References.