Advancing Gender Research from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Centuries

ADVANCES IN GENDER RESEARCH......Page 1
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sdarticle_002.pdf......Page 3
List of contributors......Page 4
Acknowledgment......Page 6
Series Co-Editors: Marcia Texler Segal and Vasilikie Demos......Page 7
Introduction: Advancing gender research from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries......Page 8
References......Page 12
Witch hunts and enlightenment: Harriet Martineau’s critical reflections on Salem......Page 13
Introduction: The present examination of Martineau’s interest in Salem ‘‘witchcraft’’......Page 14
The context: Martineau’s early interest in demonology and the background for her articles on the Salem witch hunts......Page 15
Martineau’s article on Upham’s Lectures on Witchcraft......Page 17
Martineau’s article on Upham’s major work on the Salem witch hunts......Page 18
Preconditions: The context of the Salem tragedy......Page 19
‘‘Deviant’’ behavior and social relations......Page 20
The community response......Page 21
Martineau’s interpretation of the witch hunts......Page 23
The meaning of the Salem tragedy for later centuries......Page 24
Notes......Page 26
References......Page 27
Harriet Martineau’s Irish romance: The Lady Oracle and the Young Repealer......Page 28
Acknowledgments......Page 45
References......Page 46
Harriet Martineau and the sociology of health: England and her soldiers (1859) and health, husbandry, and handicraft (1861)......Page 47
The intellectual alliance of Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) and Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)......Page 49
England and her soldiers (1859a)......Page 53
Hospital Administration......Page 54
Mapping......Page 55
Gender and the English soldier......Page 56
Health, husbandry, and handicraft (1861)......Page 57
Gender, health, and labor......Page 58
Martineau’s further contributions to the sociology of health, medicine, and occupations......Page 59
Martineau and female sociologists at Hull-House and the University of Chicago, 1889-1935......Page 60
Conclusion......Page 61
Notes......Page 62
References......Page 63
Harriet Martineau: The forerunner of cultural studies......Page 66
The politics of life......Page 70
Ethnographical aspects......Page 72
Socio-cultural change as the tool for emancipation......Page 75
The emancipation of women......Page 76
The emancipation of blacks......Page 77
The emancipation of low social class......Page 78
Notes......Page 79
References......Page 80
Some things are not negotiable: Gender, sovereignty, and Poland’s integration into the European Union......Page 81
Introduction......Page 82
The changing nature of nation-states......Page 83
Gender, sovereignty, and European practice......Page 85
Gender and Polish identity......Page 89
Implications for European integration......Page 92
Conclusion......Page 95
Notes......Page 96
References......Page 97
Breaking their way in: women jockeys at the racetrack in Brazil......Page 101
Women in sport: bodies and subjectivities......Page 102
Places, spaces and gendered practices at the racetrack: past and present......Page 108
Women as jockeys and gender in an interactional context at the JCP......Page 113
Conclusion......Page 119
Notes......Page 120
References......Page 123
Introduction......Page 126
Social Inequality......Page 127
Decision Making......Page 128
Data Collection......Page 130
Sample......Page 131
Measuring Relative Resources......Page 133
Dominance of Societal Gender Norms: Male Power......Page 134
Internalized Oppression versus Exercising Agency......Page 136
Structural Forces at Play: Perpetuating Social Stratification......Page 138
Opting Out......Page 139
Knowledge Attained through Social Roles......Page 141
Pressures from Racial Position......Page 142
Conclusion......Page 143
Notes......Page 146
References......Page 147
Introduction......Page 150
Evangelical ideals in a dual-earner economy......Page 153
Research questions......Page 154
Sampling......Page 155
Measures......Page 156
Analysis......Page 157
Husbands’ Headship, Parenting, and Women’s Employment......Page 163
Summary & discussion......Page 168
References......Page 171
Fundamentalist feminists spar with the patriarchy: Interpretive strategies of Israeli rabbinic court pleaders......Page 173
Courts......Page 174
The Pleaders and Fundamentalism......Page 177
The Pleaders and Feminism......Page 178
Exegesis......Page 179
Hermeneutics......Page 180
Rhetoric......Page 181
Agunot and Mamzerim......Page 182
Morality and the Halakha......Page 183
Divine Revelation......Page 184
Change......Page 185
Agency......Page 186
Feminist Consciousness......Page 187
Reading the Law......Page 188
Identity Politics......Page 190
Values and Power......Page 192
Conclusion......Page 193
Notes......Page 194
References......Page 195
Surviving widowhood: Gender and race effects on health-related coping strategies......Page 197
Data and methods......Page 199
Overall Coping......Page 200
Self-Efficacy......Page 201
Data Analyses......Page 202
Health Behavior Profile Summary......Page 203
Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Regression Analyses......Page 204
OLS Regression Summary......Page 206
Negative Binomial Regressions......Page 207
Negative Binomial Regression Summary......Page 208
Discussion and conclusions......Page 209
Notes......Page 213
References......Page 214
Re-examining the meanings of childbirth: Beyond gender and the ‘‘Natural’’ versus ‘‘Medical’’ dichotomy......Page 216
Introduction and statement of the problem......Page 217
Literature review......Page 218
The Samples......Page 222
Data Collection and Analysis......Page 225
Definitions of ‘‘Natural’’ and ‘‘Medical’’ Births......Page 227
Evaluations of ‘‘Natural’’ and ‘‘Medical’’ Birth......Page 233
Differences in Women’s Notions of ‘‘Control’’ in Childbirth......Page 235
Discussion and directions for future research......Page 238
References......Page 241
Redefining ‘‘reproductive rights’’: An ecofeminist perspective on in vitro fertilization, egg markets and surrogate motherhood......Page 244
Introduction......Page 245
Gender and technology......Page 246
The debate over reproductive technologies......Page 249
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)......Page 257
Egg Donation......Page 259
Surrogate Motherhood......Page 262
Conclusions......Page 266
References......Page 269
Introduction......Page 273
Theoretical frameworks for understanding psychotropics......Page 274
Images of mental health......Page 277
Methods and material......Page 279
Gender Displays in Advertising for Psychotropics......Page 281
The Construction of the Enhanced Self......Page 282
Conclusion......Page 283
References......Page 285
About the authors......Page 288
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