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Gendered Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary
Readings, Eighth Edition, is a balanced collection of classic,
conceptual, and experiential selections. Accessible and
student-friendly, the readings reflect the great diversity of
women's experiences. Framework essays provide context and
connections for students, while features like learning activities,
ideas for activism, and questions for discussion provide a strong
pedagogical structure for the readings.
" With a foreword by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards
Chosen by the The Amelia Bloomer Project committee for their 2005
list of recommended feminist books for young readers. Girls Rock
explores the many ways women have defined themselves as rock
musicians in an industry once dominated and controlled by men.
Integrating history, feminist analysis, and developmental theory,
the authors describe how and why women have become rock musicians
-- what inspires them to play and perform, how they write, what
their music means to them, and what they hope their music means to
listeners. As these musicians tell their stories, topics emerge
that illuminate broader trends in rock's history. From Wanda
Jackson's revolutionary act of picking up a guitar to the current
success of independent artists such as Ani DiFranco, Girls Rock
examines the shared threads of these performers' lives and the
evolution of women's roles in rock music since its beginnings in
the 1950s. This provocative investigation of women in rock is based
on numerous interviews with a broad spectrum of women performers --
those who have achieved fame and those just starting bands, those
playing at local coffeehouses and those selling out huge arenas.
Girls Rock celebrates what female musicians have to teach about
their experiences as women, artists, and rock musicians.
Raised as a Southern Baptist in Rome, Georgia, Susan M. Shaw
earned graduate degrees from the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, was ordained a Southern Baptist
minister, and prepared herself to lead a life of leadership and
service among Southern Baptists. However, dramatic changes in both
the makeup and the message of the Southern Baptist Convention
during the 1980s and 1990s (a period known among Southern Baptists
as "the Controversy") caused Shaw and many other Southern Baptists,
especially women, to reconsider their allegiances. In God Speaks to
Us, Too: Southern Baptist Women on Church, Home, and Society, Shaw
presents her own experiences, as well as those of over 150 other
current and former Southern Baptist women, in order to examine the
role, identity, and culture of women in the largest Protestant
denomination in the country. The Southern Baptist Convention was
established in the United States in 1845 after a schism between
Northern and Southern brethren over the question of slavery. Shaw
sketches the history of the Southern Baptist faith from its
formation, through its dramatic expansion following World War II,
to the Controversy and its aftermath. The Controversy began as a
successful attempt by fundamentalists within the denomination to
pack the leadership and membership of the Southern Baptist
Convention (the denomination's guiding body) with conservative and
fundamentalist believers. Although no official strictures prohibit
a Southern Baptist woman from occupying the primary leadership role
within her congregation -- or her own family -- rhetoric emanating
from the Southern Baptist Convention during the Controversy
strongly discouraged such roles for its women, and church
leadership remains overwhelmingly male as a result. Despite the
vast difference between the denomination's radical beginnings and
its current position among the most conservative American
denominations, freedom of conscience is still prized. Shaw
identifies "soul competency," or the notion of a free soul that is
responsible for its own decisions, as the principle by which many
Southern Baptist women reconcile their personal attitudes with
conservative doctrine. These women are often perceived from without
as submissive secondary citizens, but they are actually powerful
actors within their families and churches. God Speaks to Us, Too
reveals that Southern Baptist women understand themselves as agents
of their own lives, even though they locate their faith within the
framework of a highly patriarchal institution. Shaw presents these
women through their own words, and concludes that they believe
strongly in their ability to discern the voice of God for
themselves.
Providing an in-depth look at the lives of women and girls in
approximately 150 countries, this multivolume reference set offers
readers transnational and postcolonial analysis of the many issues
that are critical to the success of women and girls. For millennia,
women around the world have shouldered the responsibility of caring
for their families. But in recent decades, women have emerged as a
major part of the global workforce, balancing careers and family
life. How did this change happen? And how are societies in
developing countries responding and adapting to women's newer roles
in society? This four-volume encyclopedia examines the lives of
women around the world, with coverage that includes the education
of girls and teens; the key roles women play in their families,
careers, religions, and cultures; how issues for women intersect
with colonialism, transnationalism, feminism, and established norms
of power and control. Organized geographically, each volume
presents detailed entries about the lives of women in particular
countries. Additionally, each volume offers sidebars that spotlight
topics related to women and girls in specific regions or focus on
individual women's lives and contributions. Primary source
documents include sections of countries' constitutions that are
relevant to women and girls, United Nations resolutions and
national resolutions regarding women and girls, and religious
statements and proclamations about women and girls. The
organization of the set enables readers to take an in-depth look at
individual countries as well as to make comparisons across
countries. Presents a broad postcolonial feminist examination of
the lives of women and girls worldwide through essays about the
female experience in individual countries Provides sidebars that
highlight details about individual women and interesting topics
that affect women and girls Includes primary source documents that
offer readers a direct look at important statements, laws, and
policies about women and girls
Over the past three decades, American higher education has
witnessed a shift in demographics which has created a more diverse
student body. However, many university campuses remain unsupportive
or even hostile to minority faculty and students. This anthology
introduces to readers the Difference, Power, and Discrimination
(DPD) Program, a 15-year-old curricular model, at Oregon State
University. DPD is concerned with helping students understand the
complex dynamics of difference, power, and discrimination and how
these dynamics influence institutions, with the goal of empowering
students to alleviate oppression and other negative outcomes.
Teaching for Change addresses the needs of those who are engaged in
diversity training and curricular reforms both in higher education
and public schools. It will serve as a useful guide for
administrators as well as teaching faculty who are interested in
initiating similar programs.
Over the past three decades, American higher education has
witnessed a shift in demographics which has created a more diverse
student body. However, many university campuses remain unsupportive
or even hostile to minority faculty and students. This anthology
introduces to readers the Difference, Power, and Discrimination
(DPD) Program, a 15-year-old curricular model, at Oregon State
University. DPD is concerned with helping students understand the
complex dynamics of difference, power, and discrimination and how
these dynamics influence institutions, with the goal of empowering
students to alleviate oppression and other negative outcomes.
Teaching for Change addresses the needs of those who are engaged in
diversity training and curricular reforms both in higher education
and public schools. It will serve as a useful guide for
administrators as well as teaching faculty who are interested in
initiating similar programs.
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