| Description |
vii, 263 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
SUNY series in gender theory
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SUNY series in gender theory.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: women and children first / Patrice DiQuinzio and Sharon M. Meagher -- Homeland security and the co-optation of feminist discourse / Elizabeth F. Randol -- Unsanctioned (bedroom) commitments: the 2000 U.S. Census discourse around cohabitation and single-motherhood / Kirsten Isgro -- Enemies of the state: poor white mothers and the discourse of universal human rights / Jennifer A. Reich -- Fixing sex: medical discourse and the management of intersex / Ellen K. Feder -- Social melancholy, shame, and sublimation / Kelly Oliver -- Predators and protectors: the rhetoric of school violence / Sharon M. Meagher -- Battered Woman Syndrome: locating the subject amidst the advocacy / Sally J. Scholz -- Bad mothers as "brown" mothers in western Canadian policy discourse: substance-abusing mothers and sexually exploited girls / Norma L. Buydens -- Behind bars or up on a pedestal: motherhood and fetal harm / Tricha Shivas and Sonya Charles -- (M)others, biopolitics, and the Gulf War / Tina Managhan -- Love and reason in the public sphere: maternalist civic engagement and the dilemma of difference / Patrice DiQuinzio. |
| Form |
View table of contents on the Internet via the World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Feminist theory.
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Feminist theory. |
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United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
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United States. |
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Social policy. |
| Chronological Term |
1993- |
| Subject |
Canada -- Social policy.
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Canada. |
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Feminist theory. |
| Added Author |
Meagher, Sharon M.
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DiQuinzio, Patrice, 1955-
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| ISBN |
0791465403 paperback alkaline paper |
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079146539X hardcover alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
9780791465400 |
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