ABSTRACT
Situated Lives brings together the most important recent feminist and critical research that situates gender in relationship to the historical and material circumstances where gender, race, class and sexual orientation intersect and shape everyday interaction. Contributors include: Barbara Babcock, Jean Comaroff, Sarah Franklin, Faye Ginsburg, Matthew Gutmann, Faye V. Harrison, Louise Lamphere, Ellen Lewin, Jos^'e Lim^'on, Iris Lopez, Emily Martin, Mary Moran, Kirin Narayan, Aihwa Ong, Devon G. Pe^~na, Beatriz Pesquera, Helena Ragon^'e, Rayna Rapp, Judith Rollins, Leslie Salzinger, Denise Segura, Carol Stack, Ann Stoler, Donald D. Stull, Brett Williams, Patricia Zavella.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|62 pages
The Power of Representation
chapter 3|21 pages
Carne, Carnales, and the Carnivalesque
part 2|89 pages
Reproducing the Body
chapter 4|14 pages
The Egg and the Sperm
chapter 5|11 pages
Making Sense of Missed Conceptions
chapter 9|15 pages
Agency and Constraint
part 3|79 pages
Constructing Family
part 4|118 pages
Consciousness, Transformation, and Resistance at Work
chapter 16|21 pages
Maid by Any Other Name
chapter 19|18 pages
Women's Resistance in the Sunbelt
part 5|116 pages
Colonizing Gender and Sexuality