Gender and women's studies : critical terrain

Hobbs, Margaret (Margaret Helen) (Added Author). Rice, Carla. (Added Author).

Summary: A critical introduction to key theories and concerns, Gender and Women's Studies celebrates a range of influential feminist thought on topics of race, class, ability, age, rights, and sexuality. Broad in scope, this collection features multiple genres of work and covers an array of disciplinary focuses with Indigenous, racialized, disabled, and queer voices prominent among the variety of perspectives included.This thoroughly updated second edition contains more photos, infographics, and artworks as well as updated reflections on developments in the media and activist movements. In addition, new chapters have been added on issues surrounding sex work as labour, the politics of veiling in Canada, trans and gender queer-identities, and Indigenous sovereignty. Concerned with the past, present, and future of gender identity and gendered representation, this remarkable anthology is perfect for use in introductory courses in gender studies and women's studies at universities across Canada. Features:comprised of scholarly articles, news clips, fact sheets, poetry, fiction, and blog posts features essays by Jessica Valenti, bell hooks, Afua Cooper, Gloria Steinem, and Tyra Banks.

Record details

ISBN: 9780889615915 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xvi, 761 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
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Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Toronto : Women's Press, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

General Note:	Previous edition: 2013.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	The door of no return / Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha -- Seeking refuge from homophobic and transphobic persecution / Sharalyn Jordan and Christine Morrissey -- Nickel and dimed: on (not) getting by in America / Barbara Ehrenreich -- When sex works: labour solidarity for sex workers has come a long way, but more can be done / Jenn Clamen and Kara Gillies -- We speak for ourselves: anti-colonial and self-determined responses to young people involved in the sex trade / JJ and Ivo -- Factsheet: women and restructuring in Canada / Deborah Stienstra -- The leaner, meaner welfare machine: the Ontario conservative government's ideological and material attack on single mothers / Margaret Hillyard Little -- Ontario social assistance doesn't meet basic human needs / Elaine Power -- Homelessness in Canada -- Fast facts: four things to know about women and homelessness in Canada / Sadie McInnes -- The little voices of Nunavut: a study of women's homelessness north of 60 / Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council -- Part 6: Organizing for change. Activist insight: the Idle No More manifesto / Jessica Gordon and the founders of Idle No More -- Idle No More: indigenous activism and feminism / Sonja John -- How a Black Lives Matter Toronto co-founder sees Canada / Zane Schwartz and Janaya Khan -- 9 ways we can make social justice movements less elitist and more accessible / Kai Cheng Thom -- A sense of place: expressions of trans activism north of Lake Nipissing / Grey Kimber Piitaapan Muldoon, with Dan Irving -- The future of feminism / Judy Rebick -- Activist insight: this country's history cannot be deleted / Angela Y. Davis -- Transnational feminism / Corinne L. Mason -- Defying, producing, and overlooking stereotypes? The complexities of mobilizing "grandmotherhood" as political strategy / May Chazan and Stephanie Kittmer -- How young feminists are tackling climate justice in 2016 / Maria Alejandra Rodriguez Acha -- Puna Kuakea / Joy Enomoto -- Feminisms and the social media sphere / Mehreen Kasana -- Feminism without borders.