Reconstructing gender : a multicultural anthology / [edited by] Estelle Disch.

pt. 1: Social contexts of gender. Toward Black American empowerment / Manning Marable ; Asian American women : not for sale / Tracy Lai ; The Puerto Rican dummy and the merciful son / Martín Espada ; Angry women are building : issues and struggles facing American Indian women today / Paula Gunn Allen ; "J.A.P."-slapping : the politics of scapegoating / Ruth Atkin and Adrienne Rich ; Theorizing difference from multiracial feminism / Maxine Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thornton Dill --
pt. 2: Gender socialization. The social construction of gender / Judith Lorber ; Boys and girls together--but mostly apart : gender arrangements in elementary school / Barrie Thorne ; Boyhood, organized sports, and the construction of masculinities / Michael A. Messner ; Prison of color / Virginia R. Harris ; He defies you still : the memoirs of a sissy / Tommi Avicolli ; Always running / Luis J. Rodríguez ; Masculinity as homophobia / Michael S. Kimmel --
pt. 3: Embodiment. Beauty is the beast : psychological effects of the pursuit of the perfect female body / Elayne A. Saltzberg and Joan C. Chrisler ; "A way outa no way" : eating problems among African-American, Latina, and white women / Becky W. Thompson ; Just walk on by : a Black man ponders his power to alter public space / Brent Staples ; Taking it / Leonard Kriegel ; Do you remember me? / Barbara Macdonald ; I'm not fat, I'm Latina / Christy Haubegger ; The tyranny of the esthetic : surgery's most intimate violation / Martha Coventry --
pt. 4: Communication. For the white person who wants to know how to be my friend / Pat Parker ; The myth of the Latin woman : I just met a girl named María / Judith Ortiz Cofer ; You just don't understand : women and men in conversation / Deborah Tannen ; Real men don't cry--and other "uncool" myths / Phil Petrie ; Danny / Nathan McCall ; American Indian women : at the center of indigenous resistance in contemporary North America / M. Annette Jaimes with Theresa Halsey --
pt. 5: Sexuality. How men have (a) sex / John Stoltenberg ; The myth of the sexual athlete / Don Sabo ; Forbidden fruit / Anne Finger ; The impact of multiple marginalization / Paula C. Rust ; The sexual politics of Black womanhood / Patricia Hill Collins --
pt. 6: Families. The transformation of family life / Lillian B. Rubin ; Dilemmas of involved fatherhood / Kathleen Gerson ; Man child : a Black lesbian feminist's response / Audre Lorde ; It's late at night, and I'm screaming at my kids again : a father confronts his rage / Christopher Scanlan ; Sexual dissent and the family : the Sharon Kowalski case / Nan D. Hunter ; The relationship between male-male friendship and male-female marriage : American Indian and Asian comparisons / Waler L. Williams --
pt. 7: Education. The miseducation of boys : changing the script / Myra Sadker and David Sadker ; Conflict within the ivory tower / Ruth Sidel ; Black and female : reflections on graduate school / bell hooks ; Tales out of medical school / Adriane Fugh-Berman ; Scholarly studies of men : the new field is an essential complement to women's studies / Harry Brod --
pt. 8: Paid work and unemployment. It's a family affair : women, poverty, and welfare / Randy Albelda and Chris Tilly ; Sex differences in moving up and taking charge / Barbara Reskin and Irene Padavic ; Why are there no male Asian anchormen on TV? / Ben Fong-Torres ; Sharing the shop floor / Stan Gray ; The effects of affirmative action on other stakeholders / Barbara F. Reskin ; The globetrotting sneaker / Cynthia Enloe --
pt. 9: Health and illness. Masculinity and men's health : moving toward post-Superman era prevention / Don Sabo ; Health, social class and African-American women / Evelyn Barbee and Marilyn Little ; Reproductive issues are essential survival issues for the Asian-American communities / Connie S. Chan ; Breast cancer : the environmental connection--a 1998 update / Rita Arditti and Tatiana Schreiber ; Law and desire / David Deitcher --
pt. 10: Violence. Warrior dreams : violence and manhood in post-Vietnam America / J. William Gibson ; Women, violence, and resistance / Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz ; Using pornography / Robert Jensen ; The ultimate growth industry : trafficking in women and girls / Jan Goodwin ; Where race and gender meet : racism, hate crimes, and pornography / Helen Zia --
pt. 11: A world that is truly human. A world worth living in / Roberta Praeger ; Choosing disability / Laura Hershey ; La güera / Cherríe Moraga ; Stopping sexual harassment : a challenge for community education / Robert L. Allen ; Statement of principles / National Organization for Men Against Sexism ; Fighting gender apartheid under the Taliban : new campaigns to free women in Afghanistan gain ground / Genevieve Howe ; Breathing life into ourselves : the evolution of the National Black Women's Health Project / Byllye Y. Avery.

This anthology of provocative readings forces the reader to face the complexity of gender and its varied relationships to power. Themes include: social contexts of gender; gender socialization; embodiment; communication; sexuality; families; education; and paid work and unemployment.