Connexions investigates the ways in which race and sex intersect; overlap; and inform each other in United States history. An expert team of editors curates thought-provoking articles that explore how to view the American past through the lens of race and sexuality studies. Chapters range from the prerevolutionary era to today to grapple with an array of captivating issues: how descriptions of bodies shaped colonial Americans' understandings of race and sex; same-sex sexual desire and violence within slavery; whiteness in gay and lesbian history; college women's agitation against heterosexual norms in the 1940s and 1950s; the ways society used sexualized bodies to sculpt ideas of race and racial beauty; how Mexican silent film icon Ramon Navarro masked his homosexuality with his racial identity; and sexual representation in mid-twentieth-century black print pop culture. The result is both an enlightening foray into ignored areas and an elucidation of new perspectives that challenge us to reevaluate what we "know" of our own history. Contributors: Sharon Block; Susan K. Cahn; Stephanie M. H. Camp; J. B. Carter; Ernesto Chávez; Brian Connolly; Jim Downs; Marisa J. Fuentes; Leisa D. Meyer; Wanda S. Pillow; Marc Stein; and Deborah Gray White.
#962174 in Books 2008-02-08Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .80 x 6.00l; .92 #File Name: 0252074963264 pages
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful. ExcitingBy Anne B. RamsayI was so excited to hear about and buy this book. Right on the cover is one of the doctors who served in the American Women's Hospitals Service. You can see the AWH (American Women's Hospitals as it was then called)badge on her hat. As current co-chair of the committee that looks after the American Women's Hospitals Service now; I was delighted to read of the work done by our organization in the First World War. Yes; it still goes on; with small grants to clinics all over the world to help medically under-served peoples and increase their access to health care. Founded in 1917 we are coming up to our 95th birthday.6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. American Women in the First World WarBy J. L. RectorFrom the 1913 Suffrage Parade in Washington to the struggle for gender equality in the Armed Forces; this book highlights women's efforts to expand civil rights. Unfortunately; this was an era of escalating violence; and as Kimberly Jensen clearly demonstrates; this violence affected women in many ways. Undaunted; they used their collective efforts to shield their vulnerability; heal the wounded; and advance civility. The author shows that during the war; women's service as doctors; nurses; and in the military; advanced their cause of equal citizenship.
