Reconstructing Gender: A Multicultural Anthology

Reconstructing Gender is an anthology that addresses the contemporary experiences from a variety of women and men. Drawing from a wide range of sources including research articles, critical essays, and personal narratives, Disch has chosen accessible, engaging, and provocative readings that represent many perspectives and experiences. Eleven part-opening introductions identify important issues in the general field of study, describe the readings, remind the reader about some of the central themes emerging throughout the book, and raise questions for students to consider.

This anthology for undergraduates demonstrates the ways that gender operates across numerous categories, including race, sexual orientation, class, age and disability. Disch (sociology, U. of Massachusetts, Boston) draws from a wide range of sources, such as research articles, essays and personal narratives, to provide accessible and provocative readings representing a plurality of perspectives and experiences. The fourth edition strengthens the emphasis on women's rights as human rights, gay marriage and the effects of welfare reform. It addresses immigration, health and war and includes a gender analysis of the events at Abu Ghraib. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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An anthology of provocative readings that force readers to face the complexity of gender and its varied relationships to power. Some themes are social contexts of gender, gender socialization, embodiment, and communication. Other topics are sexuality, families, education, paid work and unemployment, health and illness, violence, and a world that is truly human. The editor is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Estelle Disch is professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston where she has been active in curricular transformation, general education reform, and faculty development. She has written extensively on pedagogical issues in diverse classrooms. Her research focuses on the effects of sexual abuse by professionals and on assessing learning in university courses. She has served as a consultant and trainer related to creating more

open and accepting campus climates and has run many workshops for professionals related to maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.