edited by Dorothy E. Chunn, Susan B. Boyd, and Hester Lessard
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Vancouver :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
UBC Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2007
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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viii, 303 p. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Feminism, law, and social change : an overview / Dorothy E. Chunn, Susan B. Boyd, Hester Lessard -- pt. I. Media representations of feminism, anti-racism, and their counter-movements. '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 -- pt. II. Sexual terrains : criminal law and the campus. 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 -- pt. III. Familial identities and neo-liberal reform. 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