The Dynamics Of Race And Gender: Some Feminist Interventions (Feminist Perspectives on the Past and Present)

During The Past Decade, Feminism And Women's Studies Have Been Forced To Acknowledge The Diversities Of Women's Experiences, As Well As The Patriarchal Oppression That They Share. The Emphasis On Difference Has Shattered The Illusion Of Homogeneity And Sisterhood Which Previously Characterized White, Middle Class Westernized Feminist Politics And Analysis. There Is Relatively Little Work Which Concentrates On The Inter-relationships Of Race And Gender In General, And The Consequences Of Racism, For Women Of Different Backgrounds, In Particular. The Dynamics Of Race And Gender Aims To Contribute To The Debate And Understanding In This Area. Emphasis Has Been Given To Age, Class, Disability, Race And Sexuality. The Contributors To This Volume Are From Different Religious, Cultural And Ethnic Backgrounds, Giving A Balanced And Broad Ranging Perspective On This Important Social Question. Organized Around Three Main Themes, Which Are; Issues Of Theory And Method, Questions Of Identity, Racism And Sexism At Work, The Chapters Of This Book Indicate How The Processes Of Race And Gender Interrelate In Highly Complex And Contradictory Ways. Demonstrating The Benefits To Be Gained From Analysing The Interplay Of Various Axes Of Differentiation In Specific Empirical And Historical Locations, And In Doing So, Under-scoring The Point That Diversity Among Women Cannot Be Seen As A Static Phenomenon.--back Cover. Race, Gender And The Concept Of Difference In Feminist Thought / Mary Maynard -- Tracing The Contours : Feminist Research And Feminist Objectivity / Kum-kum Bhavnani -- Doing Black Mental Health Research : Observations And Experiences / Erica Wheeler -- Gender, Race And Ethnicity In Official Statistics : Social Categories And The Hiv/aids Numbers Game / Anne Akeroyd -- Race, Ethnicity And Nationality : Some Questions Of Identity / Sheila Allen -- Refusing To Be Civilized : Race, Sexuality And Power / Beverley Skeggs -- Muslim Women In West Yorkshire : Growing Up With Real And Imaginary Values Amidst Conflicting Views Of Self And Society / Haleh Afshar -- Race And Culture In The Gendering Of Labour Markets : South Asian Young Muslim Women And The Labour Market / Avtar Brah -- A Single Or Segregated Market? Gendered And Racialized Divisions / Annie Phizacklea -- The Tension Between Ethnicity And Work : Immigrant Women In The Netherlands / Helma Lutz -- Violence Against Women : Experiences Of South African Domestic Workers / Bunie M. Matlanyane Sexwale -- Racism And Sexism In Academic Practice : A Case Study / Haideh Moghissi. Edited By Haleh Afshar And Mary Maynard. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 235-257) And Index. During the past decade, feminism and women's studies have been forced to acknowledge the diversities of women's experiences, as well as the patriarchal oppression that they share. The emphasis on difference has shattered the illusion of homogeneity and sisterhood which previously characterized white, middle-class Westernized feminist politics and analysis.; There is relatively little work which concentrates on the inter-relationships of race and gender in general, and the consequences of racism, for women of different backgrounds, in particular.'The Dynamics of Race and Gender'aims to contribute to the debate and understanding in this area. Emphasis has been given to age, class, disability, race and sexuality. The contributors to this volume are from different religious, cultural and ethnic backgrounds, giving a balanced and broad ranging perspective on this important social question.; Organized around three main themes, which are; issues of theory and method, questions of identity, racism and sexism at work, the chapters of this book indicate how the processes of race and gender interrelate in highly complex and contradictory ways. Demonstrating the benefits to be gained from analysing the interplay of various axes of differentiation in specific empirical and historical locations, and in doing so, under- scoring the point that diversity among women cannot be seen as a static phenomenon. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 Advisory Editorial Board......Page 3 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction The Dynamics of 'Race' and Gender......Page 10 'Race', Gender and the Concept of 'Difference' in Feminist Thought......Page 18 Tracing the Contours Feminist Research and Feminist Objectivity......Page 35 Doing Black Mental Health Research Observations and Experiences......Page 50 Gender, Race and Ethnicity in Official Statistics Social Categories and the HIV/AIDS 'Numbers Game'......Page 72 Race, Ethnicity and Nationality Some Questions of Identity......Page 94 Refusing to be Civilized 'Race', Sexuality and Power......Page 115 Muslim Women in West Yorkshire Growing up with Real and Imaginary Values amidst Conflicting Views of Self and Society......Page 136 'Race' and 'Culture' in the Gendering of Labour Markets South Asian Young Muslim Women and the Labour Market......Page 160 A Single or Segregated Market? Gendered and Racialized Divisions......Page 181 The Tension between Ethnicity and Work Immigrant Women in The Netherlands......Page 191 Violence against Women Experiences of South African Domestic Workers......Page 205 Racism and Sexism in Academic Practice A Case Study......Page 231 Selected Bibliography......Page 244 Notes on Contributors......Page 267 Index......Page 270 This work is on the inter-relationships of race and gender, and the consequences of racism, for women of different backgrounds. The book aims to contribute to the debate and understanding in this area. Emphasis has been given to age, class, disability, race and sexuality. This chapter is concerned with theorizing the interrelationships between 'race' and gender oppression and the extent to which this is furthered by using the concept of 'difference'.