Women in Culture A Women's Studies Anthology [Hardcover]

Preface x

Acknowledgements xii

Introduction 1

Part I The Cultural Construction of Gender 13

1 Women in Culture 15

Introduction 15

Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture 23
Sherry B. Ortner

Oppression 45
Marilyn Frye

Suggested Activities 50

Bibliography 52

2 Commonalities and Differences among Women 55

Introduction 55

Commonalities and Differences (excerpt) 63
Johnnetta B. Cole

Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference 69
Audre Lorde

And A’n’t I a Woman? 77
Sojourner Truth

When you Meet a Lesbian: Hints for the Heterosexual Woman 80

Indiana University Empowerment Workshop

Heterosexuality Questionnaire 81

Gay and Lesbian Speaker’s Bureau

Suggested Activities 82

Bibliography 85

3 Cultural Representations of Women 91

Introduction 91

Ways of Seeing (excerpt) 97
John Berger

Beyond caring: the De-moralization of Gender 105
Marilyn Friedman

Suggested Activities 112

Bibliography 114

Part II Cultural Institutions Defining Women 117