Books, Articles, etc. mentioned in class:

Schiebinger, Londa. 1993. Nature's Body: Gender in the Making of Modern Science. Boston: Beacon Press.

Schiebinger, Londa. 1986. “Skeletons in the Closet” Representations 14:42-82

Kang, Miliann. 2003. "The Managed Hand: Commericalization of Bodies and Emotions in Korean Immigrant Owned Nail Salons." Gender and Society 17(6):820-839

Emerson, Joan. "Behavior in Private Places: Sustaining Definitions of Reality in the Gynecological Exam" Organizational Studies: Critical Perspectives on Business. 2001

Barbara Sherman Heyl. 1977. "The Madam As Teacher: The Training of House Prostitutes."  Social Problems 24(5):545-555.

Crawley, Sara and K. L. Broad. 2004. "Be Your (Real) Lesbian Self: Mobilizing Sexual Formula Stories through Personal (and Political) Storytelling." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 33(1):39-71.

Maranto, Cheryl and Ann Fraedrich Stenoien. 2000. "Weight Discrimination: A Multidisciplinary Analysis." Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal 12(1):9-24.

Hudson, Kenneth, Jean Stockard and Zach Ramberg. 2007. "The Impact of Socioeconomic Status and Race-Ethnicity on Dental Health." Sociological Perspectives 50(1):7-25.

 

Articles/Websites:

Big Fat Blog

Dear Abby column and responses

Rule Changes in Indy Racing related to body size/weight

CNN video on male birth control pill

CNN.com article about giving dolls breast implants

Article about church based diet club "Bod for God"

CBS News story on Faith Based Weight Loss

Lyrics to Brad Paisley's "I'm Still a Guy"

Saturday Night Live spoof of pharmaceutical companies' direct-to-consumer advertising based - fake birth control pill, "Annuale"

Spoof of drug commercial on YouTube

Time Magazine Cover - "The New Face of America"

A Feminist Critique/Criticism of the Vagina Monologues

Body Impolitic Blog

Tattoo Magazine

Song: Tim, I Wish You Were Born A Girl

Twin babies

Article about talking cameras in a park

Jockey Commercial

Chris Matthews commenting on Mitt Romney

 

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