
Women Transforming Politics
by Cohen, Cathy J.; Jones, Kathleen B.; Tronto, Joan C.Buy Used
Rent Textbook
New Textbook
We're Sorry
Sold Out
eTextbook
We're Sorry
Not Available
How Marketplace Works:
- This item is offered by an independent seller and not shipped from our warehouse
- Item details like edition and cover design may differ from our description; see seller's comments before ordering.
- Sellers much confirm and ship within two business days; otherwise, the order will be cancelled and refunded.
- Marketplace purchases cannot be returned to eCampus.com. Contact the seller directly for inquiries; if no response within two days, contact customer service.
- Additional shipping costs apply to Marketplace purchases. Review shipping costs at checkout.
Summary
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | |
Introduction: Women Transforming U.S. Politics: Sites of Power/Resistance | p. 1 |
Women of Color in the Eighties: A Profile Based on Census Data | p. 15 |
"Working Men" and "Dependent Wives": Gender, "Race," and the Regulation of Migration from Mexico | p. 47 |
On the Marriage Question | p. 62 |
American Sweatshops 1980s Style: Chinese Women Garment Workers | p. 84 |
Women, Work, and the Politics of Fetal Rights | p. 94 |
The Wage Effects of Sexual Orientation Discrimination | p. 107 |
Fighting the Violence against Our Sisters: Prosecution of Pregnant Women and the Coercive Use of Norplant | p. 123 |
Cultural Survival and Contemporary American Indian Women in the City | p. 136 |
Policing the Black Woman's Body in an Urban Context | p. 151 |
Fade to White: Racial Politics and the Troubled Reign of Vanessa Williams | p. 167 |
Education, Cultural Rights, and Citizenship | p. 187 |
Exemplars of Indigenism: Native North American Women for De/Colonization and Liberation | p. 205 |
Latina Women and Political Consciousness: La Chispa Que Prende | p. 223 |
Ritual and Sacrifice at Tailhook '91: A Documentary Exhibition and Political Action | p. 238 |
No Cultural Icon: Marisela Norte | p. 256 |
Feminisms of the Diaspora Both Local and Global: The Politics of South Asian Women against Domestic Violence | p. 269 |
The Marginalized Uses of Power and Identity: Lesbians' Participation in Breast Cancer and AIDS Activism | p. 284 |
Winning Action for Gender Equity: A Plan for Organizing Communities of Color | p. 302 |
Transforming Democracy: Rural Women and Labor Resistance | p. 324 |
Negotiating and Transforming the Public Sphere: African American Political Life in the Transition from Slavery to Freedom | p. 343 |
From Three-Fifths to Zero: Implications of the Constitution for African American Women, 1787-1870 | p. 377 |
Assimilating or Coloring Participation? Gender, Race, and Democratic Political Participation | p. 387 |
Gender, Participation, and the Black Urban Underclass | p. 398 |
Breaking Barriers to Representation: Chicana/Latina Elected Officials in California | p. 412 |
Relative Privilege? Reconsidering White Women's Participation in Municipal Politics | p. 435 |
Election Systems and the Representation of Black Women in American State Legislatures | p. 447 |
Nothing Distant about It: Women's Liberation and Sixties Radicalism | p. 456 |
Organizational Mobilizations, Institutional Access, and Institutional Change | p. 477 |
Crime and Justice: Paradoxes for Theory and Action | p. 499 |
Smashing Icons: Disabled Women and the Disability and Women's Movements | p. 519 |
Presenting the Blue Goddess: Toward a National Pan-Asian Feminist Agenda | p. 541 |
Beyond Racism and Misogyny: Black Feminism and 2 Live Crew | p. 549 |
Spiraling Discourses of Reproductive and Sexual Rights: A Post-Beijing Assessment of International Feminist Politics | p. 569 |
Contributors | p. 589 |
Permissions | p. 593 |
Index | p. 595 |
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
An electronic version of this book is available through VitalSource.
This book is viewable on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and most smartphones.
By purchasing, you will be able to view this book online, as well as download it, for the chosen number of days.
Digital License
You are licensing a digital product for a set duration. Durations are set forth in the product description, with "Lifetime" typically meaning five (5) years of online access and permanent download to a supported device. All licenses are non-transferable.
More details can be found here.
A downloadable version of this book is available through the eCampus Reader or compatible Adobe readers.
Applications are available on iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Windows Mobile platforms.
Please view the compatibility matrix prior to purchase.