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What is Embodied Resistance about?

Cover 1 Title Page 4 Table of Contents 8 Foreword 12 Acknowledgments 14 Introduction 18 I. Rewriting Gender Scripts 28 1. The Specter of Excess: Race, Class, and Gender in Women's Body Hair Narratives 30 2. "Is That Any Way to Treat a Lady?": The Dominatrix's Dungeon 43 3. "Cruising for a Bruisin'": Women's Flat Track Roller Derby 54 4. Becoming a Female-to-Male Transgender (FTM) in South Korea 65 Living Resistance: From Rapunzel to G.I. Jane 75 Living Resistance: Funnel as Phallus 78 II. Challenging Marginalization 82 5. "Give Me a Boa and Some Bling!": Red Hat Society Members Commanding Visibility in the Public Sphere 84 6. Fat. Hairy. Sexy: Contesting Standards of Beauty and Sexuality in the Gay Community 95 7. Belly Dancing Mommas: Challenging Cultural Discourses of Maternity 105 8. "It's Important to Show Your Colors": Counter-Heteronormativity in a Metropolitan Community Church 116 Living Resistance: An Accidental Education 128 Living Resistance: The Pickup 131 III. Defying Authoritative Knowledges and Conventional Wisdom 134 9. Anorexia as a Choice: Constructing a New Community of Health and Beauty through Pro-Ana Websites 136 10. Public Mothers and Private Practices: Breast

Author

Kwan

Language

EN