Embodied resistance : challenging the norms, breaking the rules / edited by Chris Bobel and Samantha Kwan.

Other author Bobel, Chris, 1963-
Other author Kwan, Samantha.
Format Book
Publication InfoNashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxiii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Human body--Social aspects.
Mind and body.
Manners and customs.
Women--Psychology.

Contents Pt.I Rewriting gender scripts : The specter of excess : race, class, and gender in women's body hair narratives / Breanne Fahs, Denise A. Delgado -- "Is that any way to treat a lady?" : the dominatrix's dungeon / Danielle J. Lindemann -- "Cruisin' for a bruisin'" : women's flat track roller derby / Natalie M. Peluso -- Becoming a female-to-male transgender (FTM) in South Korea / Tari Youngjung Na, Hae Yeon Choo -- Living resistance : from Rapunzel to G.I. Jane / Samantha Binford -- Living resistance : funnel as phallus / Sara L. Crawley -- Pt.II Challenging marginalization : "Give me a boa and some bling!" : Ret Hat Society members commanding visibility in the public sphere / M. Elise Radina, Lydia K. Manning, Marybeth C. Stalp, Annette Lynch -- Fat, hairy, sexy : contesting standards of beauty and sexuality in the gay community / Nathaniel C. Pyle, Noa Logan Klein -- Belly dancing mommas : challenging cultural discourses of maternity / Angela M. Moe -- "It's important to show your colors" : counter-heteronormativity in a metropolitan community church / J. Edward Sumerau, Douglas P. Schrock -- Living resistance : an accidental education / Hanne Blank -- Living resistance : the pickup / Catherine Bergart -- Pt.III Defying authoritative knowledges and conventional wisdom : Anorexia as a choice : constructing a new community of health and beauty through pro-Ana websites / Abigail Richardson, Elizabeth Cherry -- Public mothers and private practices : breastfeeding as transgression / Jennifer A. Reich -- "It's hard to say" : moving beyond the mystery of female genital pain / Christine Labuski -- "What I had to do to survive" : self-injurers' bodily emotion work / Margaret Leaf, Douglas P. Schrock -- Living resistance : intersex? Not my problem / Esther Morris Leidolf -- Living resistance : doula-assisted childbirth : helping her birth her way / Angela Horn -- Pt.IV Negotiating boundaries and meanings : The politics of the stall : transgender and genderqueer workers negotiating "the bathroom question" / Catherine Connell -- The everyday resistance of vegetarianism / Samantha Kwan, Louise Marie Roth -- Menopausal and misbehaving : when women "flash" in front of others / Heather E. Dillaway -- The transformation of bodily practices among religious defectors / Lynn Davidman -- Living resistance : crossing the menstrual line / David Linton -- Living resistance : myself, covered / Beverly Yuen Thompson -- Afterword / Barbara Katz Rothman.
Local noteLittle-358954--305131064411T
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011003007
ISBN9780826517869 (cloth edition : alk. paper)
ISBN0826517862 (cloth edition : alk. paper)
ISBN9780826517876 (pbk. edition : alk. paper)
ISBN0826517870 (pbk. edition : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HM636 .E423 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold