Canadian Woman Studies: An Introductory Reader, 2nd Edition, brings together articles on themes and topics at the forefront of feminist inquiry and research. Compiled of articles previously published in Canadian Woman Studies/les cahiers de la femme, it offers a unique and historical perspective of feminism as well as provides an excellent introduction to feminist thought in Canada. This volume has been revised and updated to to consider some of the changes that we have witnessed in Canada and elsewhere since the publication of the best-selling first edition in 1999. Recognizing the growing significance of Canadian feminist scholarship, this edition aims to situate Canada within a broader, transnational context. Articles consider the regional, urban, rural, linguistic, demographic and ethnic differences within the nation, as well as the ways women in Canada are impacted by various global factors.
“This excellent Women’s Studies reader spans a large spectrum of women’s issues, perspectives, and experiences. It gives place to a diversity of voices and feminist world views in Canada. Multidisciplinary in its approach, the book includes works from fields such as social sciences, literature, religious studies, policy studies, communication, health, and education. The writing is stimulating and accessible to introductory students without being simplistic. Congratulations to Canadian Woman Studies for putting together a reader which will alert women’s studies students to a rich sample of feminist thought in Canada.”
– Greta Hofmann Nemiroff, Coordinator, Women’s Studies and the Creative Arts, Literature and Languages Program, Dawson College; Past-President of the Sisterhood is Global Institute.
“This highly readable, all-Canadian collection of articles in Canadian Woman Studies: An Introductory Reader is wonderfully diverse and broad in scope. It is a book that is certain to whet the appetite of students in introductory Women’s Studies courses. I recommend it most highly.”
– Margrit Eichler, Director, Institute for Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, University of Toronto
“Thank you friends for publishing this introductory reader. It is exactly the book I have been looking for, a comprehensive collection of women’s writing to give to my young friends and to my students. The clarity and authenticity of the voices, and the breadth and depth of their approaches is truly remarkable. All I can say is “thank you,” particularly on behalf of those too young to have read the original contributions.”
– Ursula M. Franklin, University Professor Emerita, University of Toronto
Acknowledgements
Preface
Andrea Medovarski and Brenda Cranney
Introduction
Dorothy E. Smith
1. Feminist Perspectives
Women’s Studies: An Inclusive Concept for an Inclusive Field
Marion M. Lynn
Towards a Politics of Location: Rethinking Marginality
Joan Borsa
Moving Beyond the Feminism Versus Nationalism Dichotomy: An Anti-Colonial Perspective on Aboriginal Liberation Struggles
Lina Sunseri
Why I’m a Feminist
Lauren Anderson
Feminism and Young Women: Alive and Well and Still Kicking
Candis Steenbergen
The Silencing of Young Women’s Voices in Women’s Studies
Leah M. Thompson
Local Activisms, Global Feminisms and the Struggle Against Globalization
Angela Miles
2. Herstories
Our Mothers Grand and Great: Black Women of Nova Scotia
Sylvia Hamilton
The Ontario Medical College for Women, 1883-1906
Lykke de la Cour and Rose Sheinin
The Icelandic Connection: Freyja and the Manitoba Woman Suffrage Movement
Mary Kinnear
Sewing Solidarity: The Eaton’s Strike of 1912
Ruth A. Frager
The Convent: An Option for Québécoises, 1930-1950
Barbara J. Cooper
Women in Huron and Ojibwa Societies
Marlene Brant Castellano
Recipes for Democracy? Gender, Family and Making Female Citizens in Cold War Canada
Franca Iacovetta
It’s Time for Change! The World March of Women 2000
Pam Kapoor
3. Difference and Identities
The Boundaries of Identity at the Intersection of Race, Class and Gender
Didi Khayatt
Biting the Hand that Feeds Me: Notes on Privilege from a White Anti-Racist Feminist
Nancy Chater
An African Child Becomes a Black Canadian Feminist: Oscillating Identities in the Black Diaspora
Notisha Massaquoi
“The Queen and I”: Discrimination Against Women in the Indian Act Continues
Lynn Gehl
Others in Their Own Land: Second Generation South Asian Canadian Women, Racism, and the Persistence of Colonial Discourse
Angela Aujla
Regulated Narratives in Anti-Homophobia Education: Complications in Coming Out Stories Gulzar
Raisa Charania
4. Work/Economy
The Feminization of Poverty: An Old Problem With a New Name
Lesley D. Harman
Solidarity and Pride
Sue Genge
Thinking it Through: Women, Work and Caring in the New Millennium
Pat Armstrong and Hugh Armstrong
Unpaid Workers: The Absence of Rights
Marilyn Waring
Farm Women: The Hidden Subsidy in Our Food
Wendee Kubik
Provisioning: Thinking About All of Women’s Work
Sheila Neysmith, Marge Reitsma-Street, Stephanie Baker Collins and Elaine Porter
Freedom for Whom? Globalization and Trade from the Standpoint of Garment Workers
Roxana Ng
The Politics of Sustainable Development: A Subsistence View
Ana Isla
5. Policy
Hidden in the Past: How Labour Relations Policy and Law Perpetuate Women’s Inequality
Anne Forrest
Sponsoring Immigrant Women’s Inequality
Sunera Thobani
Globalization and the Erosion of the Welfare State: Exploring the Experience of Chinese Immigrant Women
Guida Man
Trafficking in Women for Purposes of Sexual Exploitation: A Matter of Consent?
Monique Trépanier
Women and Risk: Aboriginal Women, Colonialism, and Correctional Practice
Patricia Monture
Same-Sex Rights for Lesbian Mothers: Child Custody and Adoption
Jennifer L. Schulenberg
The Social Policy Snare: Keeping Women Out of University
Jennifer Nicole Hines
6. Violence
Commemoration for the Montreal Massacre Victims
Ursula Franklin
Some Reflections on Violence Against Women
Radhika Coomaraswamy
Judging Women: the Pernicious Effects of Rape Mythology
Janice Du Mont and Deborah Parnis
Linking Violence and Poverty in the CASAC Report
Lee Lakeman
Women Under the Dome of Silence: Sexual Harassment andAbuse of Female Athletes
Sandra L. Kirby, Lorraine Greaves and Olena Hankivsky
Taking Off the Gender Lens in Women’s Studies: Queering Violence Against Women
Janice Ristock
7. Representations
Out from Under Occupation: Transforming Our Relationships with Our Bodies
Carla Rice
“When is a Kitchen Not a Kitchen?”
Margaret Hobbs and Ruth Roach Pierson
Mothering Mythology in the Late 20th Century: Science, Gender Lore and Celebratory Narrative
Pamela Courtenay Hall
Gender, Youth and HIV Risk
Nikki Kumar, June Larkin and Claudia Mitchell
Erasing Race: The Story of Reena
Virk Yasmin Jiwani
Does a Lesbian Need a Vagina Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle? Or, Would the “Real” Lesbian Please Stand Up!
Amber Dean
Model Athletes: Advertising Images of Women in Sport in Canada, 1950-2006
Jennifer Ellison
8. Health
Women’s Occupational Health: Scientific Bias and Androcentric Studies
Karen Messing
The Women’s Health Movement: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Madeline Boscoe, Gwynne Basen, Ghislaine Alleyne, Barbara Bourriere-LaCroix and Susan White
The Shattered Dreams of African-Canadian Nurses
Najja Nwofia Modibo
“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
Racism, Sexism and Colonialism: The Impact on the Health of Aboriginal Women in Canada
Carrie Bourassa, Kim McKay-McNabb and Mary Hampton
Rural Women’s Health Issues in Canada: An Overview and Implications for Policy and Research
Beverly D. Leipert
Life Interrupted: Reproductive Damage from Chemical Pollutants
Cynthia L. Cooper and Margie Kelly
9. Activism
Wench Radio: Funky Feminist Fury
Wench Radio Collective
Tear Gas in Utero: Quebec City
Jenny Foster
The Canadian Disabled Women’s Movement: From Where Have We Come?
Pat Israel and Fran Odette
Feminism, Peace, Human Rights and Human Security
Charlotte Bunch
Building a Culture of Peace: An Interview with Muriel Duckworth and Betty Peterson
Evie Tastsoglou and Marie Ann Welton
Violence and Poverty on the “Rock”: Can Feminists Make a Difference?
Glynis George
The Pictou Statement: A Feminist Statement on Guaranteed Livable Income
Lee Lakeman, Angela Miles and Linda Christiansen-Ruffman
About the Contributors
Index
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