Canadian Woman Studies: An Introductory Reader, 2nd Edition Edited by Andrea Medovarski and Brenda Cranney September 2006 / 664 pages, with index /$39.95 pb ISBN no. 0-9736709-6-7 ORDER | CONTENTS | OVERVIEW | PREFACE | AUTHOR BIOS

Contents:

Acknowledgements ix

Preface
Andrea Medovarski and Brenda Cranney xi

Introduction
Dorothy E. Smith 1

1. Feminist Perspectives

Women's Studies: An Inclusive Concept for an Inclusive Field
Marion M. Lynn 9

Towards a Politics of Location: Rethinking Marginality
Joan Borsa 15

Moving Beyond the Feminism Versus Nationalism Dichotomy: An Anti-Colonial Perspective on Aboriginal Liberation Struggles
Lina Sunseri 24

Why I'm a Feminist
Lauren Anderson 35

Feminism and Young Women: Alive and Well and Still Kicking
Candis Steenbergen 39

The Silencing of Young Women's Voices in Women's Studies
Leah M. Thompson 53

Local Activisms, Global Feminisms and the Struggle Against Globalization
Angela Miles 58

2. Herstories

Our Mothers Grand and Great: Black Women of Nova Scotia
Sylvia Hamilton 67

The Ontario Medical College for Women, 1883-1906
Lykke de la Cour and Rose Sheinin 75

The Icelandic Connection: Freyja and the Manitoba Woman Suffrage Movement
Mary Kinnear 83

Sewing Solidarity: The Eaton's Strike of 1912
Ruth A. Frager 89

The Convent: An Option for Québécoises, 1930-1950
Barbara J. Cooper 95

Women in Huron and Ojibwa Societies
Marlene Brant Castellano 104

Recipes for Democracy? Gender, Family and Making Female Citizens in Cold War Canada
Franca Iacovetta 110

It's Time for Change! The World March of Women 2000
Pam Kapoor 127

3. Difference and Identities

The Boundaries of Identity at the Intersection of Race, Class and Gender
Didi Khayatt 135

Biting the Hand that Feeds Me: Notes on Privilege from a White Anti-Racist Feminist
Nancy Chater 146

An African Child Becomes a Black Canadian Feminist: Oscillating Identities in the Black Diaspora
Notisha Massaquoi 154

"The Queen and I": Discrimination Against Women in the Indian Act Continues
Lynn Gehl 162

Others in Their Own Land: Second Generation South Asian Canadian Women, Racism, and the Persistence of Colonial Discourse
Angela Aujla 172

Regulated Narratives in Anti-Homophobia Education: Complications in Coming Out Stories Gulzar
Raisa Charania 185

4. Work/Economy

The Feminization of Poverty: An Old Problem With a New Name
Lesley D. Harman 199

Solidarity and Pride
Sue Genge 205

Thinking it Through: Women, Work and Caring in the New Millennium
Pat Armstrong and Hugh Armstrong 211

Unpaid Workers: The Absence of Rights
Marilyn Waring 222

Farm Women: The Hidden Subsidy in Our Food
Wendee Kubik 234

Provisioning: Thinking About All of Women's Work
Sheila Neysmith, Marge Reitsma-Street, Stephanie Baker Collins and Elaine Porter 244

Freedom for Whom? Globalization and Trade from the Standpoint of Garment Workers
Roxana Ng 255

The Politics of Sustainable Development: A Subsistence View
Ana Isla 267

5. Policy

Hidden in the Past: How Labour Relations Policy and Law Perpetuate Women's Inequality
Anne Forrest 287

Sponsoring Immigrant Women's Inequality
Sunera Thobani 297

Globalization and the Erosion of the Welfare State: Exploring the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women
Guida Man 306

Trafficking in Women for Purposes of Sexual Exploitation: A Matter of Consent?
Monique Trépanier 317

Women and Risk: Aboriginal Women, Colonialism, and Correctional Practice
Patricia Monture 328

Same-Sex Rights for Lesbian Mothers: Child Custody and Adoption
Jennifer L. Schulenberg 337

The Social Policy Snare: Keeping Women Out of University
Jennifer Nicole Hines 349

6. Violence

Commemoration for the Montreal Massacre Victims
Ursula Franklin 357

Some Reflections on Violence Against Women
Radhika Coomaraswamy 359

Judging Women: the Pernicious Effects of Rape Mythology
Janice Du Mont and Deborah Parnis 368

Linking Violence and Poverty in the CASAC Report
Lee Lakeman 380

Women Under the Dome of Silence: Sexual Harassment andAbuse of Female Athletes
Sandra L. Kirby, Lorraine Greaves and Olena Hankivsky 390

Taking Off the Gender Lens in Women's Studies: Queering
Violence Against Women
Janice Ristock 400

7. Representations

Out from Under Occupation: Transforming Our Relationships with Our Bodies
Carla Rice 411

"When is a Kitchen Not a Kitchen?"
Margaret Hobbs and Ruth Roach Pierson 424

Mothering Mythology in the Late 20th Century: Science, Gender Lore and Celebratory Narrative
Pamela Courtenay Hall 433

Gender, Youth and HIV Risk
Nikki Kumar, June Larkin and Claudia Mitchell 442

Erasing Race: The Story of Reena
Virk Yasmin Jiwani 451

Does a Lesbian Need a Vagina Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle? Or, Would the "Real" Lesbian Please Stand Up!
Amber Dean 463

Model Athletes: Advertising Images of Women in Sport in Canada, 1950-2006
Jennifer Ellison 478

8. Health

Women's Occupational Health: Scientific Bias and Androcentric Studies
Karen Messing 491

The Women's Health Movement: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Madeline Boscoe, Gwynne Basen, Ghislaine Alleyne, Barbara Bourriere-LaCroix and Susan White 503

The Shattered Dreams of African-Canadian Nurses
Najja Nwofia Modibo 514

"Quality Care is Like a Carton of Eggs": Using a Gender-Based Diversity Analysis to Assess Quality of Health Care
Beth E. Jackson, Ann Pederson, Pat Armstrong, Madeline Boscoe, Barbara Clow, Karen R. Grant, Nancy Guberman and Kay Willson 527

Racism, Sexism and Colonialism: The Impact on the Health of Aboriginal Women in Canada
Carrie Bourassa, Kim McKay-McNabb and Mary Hampton 540

Rural Women's Health Issues in Canada: An Overview and Implications for Policy and Research
Beverly D. Leipert 552

Life Interrupted: Reproductive Damage from Chemical Pollutants
Cynthia L. Cooper and Margie Kelly 565

9. Activism

Wench Radio: Funky Feminist Fury
Wench Radio Collective 575

Tear Gas in Utero: Quebec City
Jenny Foster 584

The Canadian Disabled Women's Movement: From Where Have We Come?
Pat Israel and Fran Odette 589

Feminism, Peace, Human Rights and Human Security
Charlotte Bunch 595

Building a Culture of Peace: An Interview with Muriel Duckworth and Betty Peterson
Evie Tastsoglou and Marie Ann Welton 605

Violence and Poverty on the "Rock": Can Feminists Make a Difference?
Glynis George 614

The Pictou Statement: A Feminist Statement on Guaranteed Livable Income
Lee Lakeman, Angela Miles and Linda Christiansen-Ruffman 622

About the Contributors 626

Index 642