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Title Feminist legal theory : an anti-essentialist reader / edited by Nancy E. Dowd and Michelle S. Jacobs.

Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2003.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  346.0134 F349a 2003    ---  Available
Description x, 417 p. ; 26 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Future of feminist legal theory / P. A. Cain -- Theorizing difference from multiracial feminism / M. B. Zinn and B. T. Dill -- Autonomy, aspiration, and accomplishment / P. Smith -- Multiple self / J. A. Powell -- Development of feminist consciousness among Asian American women / E. Ngan-Ling Chow -- At the intersection of gender and sexual orientation / M. Eaton -- LatIndia and mestizajes / B. E. Hernandez-Truyol -- White privilege and male privilege / P. McIntosh -- Beside my sister, facing the enemy / M. J. Matsuda -- Feminist methods in international law / H. Charlesworth -- Turning the gaze back on itself / B. Cossman --
Implementing antiessentialism / J. Williams -- Spiritual and menial housework / D. E. Roberts -- Toward a global critical feminist vision / T. L. Banks -- (Dis)assembling rights of women workers along the global assembly line / L. Ho, C. Powell, and L. Volpp -- Commercial sex / S. A. Law -- Working without a job / M. Diller -- Equality, of the right sort / E. J. McCaffery -- African-American women and economic justice / P. H. Collins -- How should human rights and development respond to cultural legitimization of gender hierarchy in developing countries? / C. I. Nyamu --
Family, feminism, and race in America / M. B. Zinn -- Cracking the foundational myths / M. A. Fineman -- Children's rights / B. Bennett Woodhouse -- Coercing privacy / A. Allen -- In defense of single-parent families / N. E. Dowd -- From madonna to proletariat / T. L. Brito -- We will get what we ask for... ? / N. D. Polikoff -- "Past never vanishes" / L. M. Graham -- Transracial and international adoption / T. L. Perry -- Gender matters / K. H. Rothenberg -- Fuzzy logic of race and gender in the mismeasure of Asian American women's health needs / L. C. Ikemoto -- Representing race / D. E. Roberts -- Blaming culture for bad behavior / L. Volpp -- Bridges and barricades / L. A. Obiora --
Gender, violence, race, and criminal justice / A. P. Harris -- Multiple masculinities / R. L. Toker -- "It's like living in a black hole" / C. Shaylor -- Shame of it / A. E. Ray -- Commercial sex : beyond decriminalization / S.A. Law -- Converging stereotypes in racialized sexual harassment / S. K. Cho -- Violence Against Women Act and the construction of multiple consciousness in the civil rights and feminist movements / J. Rivera -- Cultural evidence and male violence / H. Maguigan -- Ignoring the sexualization of race / D. L. Hutchinson -- Requiring battered women die / M. S. Jacobs -- Between vengeance and forgiveness / M. Minow -- Enhancing autonomy for battered women / D. Coker.
Subject Feminist jurisprudence.
Feminist theory.
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Added Author Dowd, Nancy E., 1949-
Jacobs, Michelle S.
ISBN 0814719139 (paper : acid-free paper)
0814719120 (cloth : acid-free paper)

 
    
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