Reaction and resistance : feminism, law, and social change

Chunn, Dorothy E. (Dorothy Ellen), 1943- (Added Author). Boyd, Susan B. (Added Author). Lessard, Hester, 1948- (Added Author).

Summary: "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 more complicated, often contradictory, picture of feminism, law, and social change than the popular image of backlash suggests. " --publisher's website

Record details

ISBN: 9780774814119
ISBN: 077481411X
Physical Description: print
viii, 303 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Feminism, law, and social change : an overview / Dorothy E. Chunn, Susan B. Boyd, Hester Lessard -- Take it easy girls' : feminism, equality, and social change in the media / Dorothy E. Chunn -- Virtual backlash : representations of men's 'rights' and feminist 'wrongs' in cyberspace / Robert Menzies -- Imperial longings, feminist responses : print media and the imagining of nationhood after 9/11 / Sunera Thobani -- The discursive disappearance of sexualized violence : feminist law reform, judicial resistance, and neo-liberal sexual citizenship / Lise Gotell -- Backlash in the academy : the evolution of campus sexual harassment regimes / Hester Lessard -- Feminism, father's rights, and family catastrophes : parliamentary discourses on post-separation parenting, 1966-2003 / Susan B. Boyd, Claire F.L. Young -- Child-centred advocacy and the invisibility of women in poverty discourse and social policy / Wanda Wiegers -- Challenging heteronormativity? Reaction and resistance to the legal recognition of same-sex partnerships / Claire F.L. Young, Susan B. Boyd.