Reaction and resistance : feminism, law, and social change

Author(s)

• Chunn, Dorothy E.
• Boyd, Susan B.
• Lessard, Hester

Bibliographic Information

Reaction and resistance : feminism, law, and social change

edited by Dorothy E. Chunn, Susan B. Boyd, and Hester Lessard

（Law and society series）

UBC Press, c2007

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this timely volume, contributors from various disciplines analyze reaction and resistance to feminism in several areas of law and policy - child custody, child poverty, sexual harassment, and sexual assault - and in a number of institutional sites, such as courts, legislatures, families, the mainstream media, and the academy. Collectively, their studies paint a complicated, often contradictory, picture of feminism, law, and social change, offering feminists and activists empirically grounded knowledge to develop legal and political strategies for change.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 1 Feminism, Law, and Social Change: An Overview / Dorothy E. Chunn, Susan B. Boyd, and Hester Lessard Part 1: Media Representations of Feminism, Anti-Racism, and Their Counter-Movements 2 "Take It Easy Girls": Feminism, Equality, and Social Change in the Media / Dorothy E. Chunn 3 Virtual Backlash: Representations of Men's "Rights" and Feminist "Wrongs" in Cyberspace / Robert Menzies 4 Imperial Longings, Feminist Responses: Print Media and the Imagining of Nationhood after 9/11 / Sunera Thobani Part 2: Sexual Terrains: Criminal Law and the Campus 5 The Discursive Disappearance of Sexualized Violence: Feminist Law Reform, Judicial Resistance, and Neo-liberal Sexual Citizenship / Lise Gotell 6 Backlash in the Academy: The Evolution of Campus Sexual Harassment Regimes / Hester Lessard Part 3: Familial Identities and Neo-Liberal Reform 7 Feminism, Fathers' Rights, and Family Catastrophes: Parliamentary Discourses on Post-Separation Parenting, 1966-2003 / Susan B. Boyd and Claire F.L. Young 8 Child-Centred Advocacy and the Invisibility of Women in Poverty Discourse and Social Policy / Wanda Wiegers 9 Challenging Heteronormativity? Reaction and Resistance to the Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships / Claire F.L. Young and Susan B. Boyd Contributors Index

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Details

• NCID: BA85280033
• ISBN:
  • 9780774814119
• Country Code: cn
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Vancouver
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 303 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ1453
  • DC22 : 305.420971
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Feminism -- Canada
  • LCSH : Feminism -- Political aspects -- Canada
  • LCSH : Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada
  • LCSH : Women -- Government policy -- Canada
  • LCSH : Anti-feminism -- Canada
  • LCSH : Neoliberalism -- Canada
  • LCSH : Canada -- Social policy
  • LCSH : Social change -- Canada
  • CSHF : Féminisme -- Canada
  • CSHF : Féminisme -- Aspect politique -- Canada
  • CSHF : Femmes -- Droit -- Canada
  • CSHF : Femmes -- Politique gouvernementale -- Canada
  • CSHF : Antiféminisme -- Canada
  • CSHF : Néo-libéralisme -- Canada
  • CSHF : Canada -- Politique sociale
  • CSHF : Changement social -- Canada
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA53864497