Gendered Lives

Nadine T. Fernandez is Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York Empire State College. She is the coeditor (with Christian Groes) of Intimate Mobilities: Sexual Economies, Marriage and Migration in a Disparate World. Katie Nelson is Instructor of Anthropology at Inver Hills Community College. She is the coeditor (with Beth Shook, Kelsie Aguilera, and Lara Braff) of Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology.

• PrefaceTextbook Learning ObjectivesNote to InstructorsAcknowledgmentsPart I: Introduction 1. Key ConceptsKatie Nelson and Nadine T. FernandezPROFILE: Save the Girl Child MovementNolwazi Ncube2. Key PerspectivesNadine T. Fernandez and Katie NelsonPart II: South Asia 3. South Asia: Introducing the RegionIna GoelPROFILE: Blank Noise: Street Actions and Digital Interventions against Street Sexual Harassment in IndiaHemangini GuptaPROFILE: Vietnam Women's Shelter: Contradictions and ComplexitiesLynn Kwiatkowski4. Controlling National Borders by Controlling Reproduction: Gender, Nationalism, and Nepal's Citizenship LawsDannah Dennis and Abha Lal5. Understanding Caste and Kinship within Hijras, a "Third" Gender Community in IndiaIna Goel6. The "City" and "The Easy Life": Work and Gender among Sherpa in NepalAlba Castellsagué and Silvia CarrascoPart III: Latin America 7. Latin America: Introducing the RegionSerena Cosgrove and Ana Marina Tzul TzulPROFILE: The Guatemalan Women's Group: Supporting Survivors of Gender-Based ViolenceSerena Cosgrove and Ana Marina Tzul Tzul8. Being a Good Mexican Man by Embracing "Erectile Dysfunction"Emily Wentzell9. Intersectionality and Normative Masculinity in Northeast BrazilMelanie A. Medeiros10. Mexico's Antipoverty Program Oportunidades and the Shifting Dynamics of Citizenship for Ñuu Savi (Mixtec) Village WomenHolly Dygert11. Q'eqchi'-Maya Women: Memory, Markets, and Multilevel Marketing in GuatemalaS. Ashley KistlerPart IV: The Caribbean 12. The Caribbean: Introducing the RegionNadine T. Fernandez13. Quinceañeras: Girls' Coming-of-Age Parties in Contemporary Havana, CubaHeidi Härkönen14. Jamaican Realities of Masculinities and Sexualities: Where Have We Come Since Michel Foucault?Natasha Kay Mortley and Keino T. SeniorPart V: The Global North (North America and Europe) 15. The Global North: Introducing the RegionLara Braff and Katie NelsonPROFILE: Indian Rights for Indian Women: Kathleen Steinhauer, an Indigenous Activist in CanadaSarah L. Quick16. Mothers Acting Up OnlineSusan W. Tratner17. Male Sex Work in Canada: Intersections of Gender and SexualityNathan Dawthorne18. Intersectionality and Muslim Women in BelgiumElsa Mescoli19. Fatherhood and Family Relations in Transnational Migration from Mezcala, MexicoElizabeth Perez MarquezContributorsIndex

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