Home/Bodies

Wendy Schissel is the Dean of Humanities at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon, and an adjunct professor at the University of Saskatchewan.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionWendy SchisselPart 1: Compound Fractures Oppression and Indigenous Women: Past, Present, and Future - An Australian Kimberly Aboriginal Perspective J. Maria Pedersen Who Am I and Where do I Belong? Sites of Struggle in Crafting and Negotiating Female Muslim Identities in Canada Tabassum Ruby "Transgendered" Perspectives as a Challenge to Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Coralee Dreschler Part 2: Ruptured Sutures Silent, Denigrated, and Rendered Invisible: Mothers Who Lost Their Babies to Adoption in the 1960s and 1970s Sandra Jarvie tell-me-what-I-want.com: Adolescent Girls, Consumer Society, and Information Technologies Ellen Whiteman The Impact of Palliation on Familial Space: Home Space from the Perspective of Family Members who are Living (and Caring) for Dying Loved Ones at Home Allison M. Williams Spinning Yarns of Women's Activism in Support of Industrial Forestry on Canada's West Coast Maureen G. Reed Part 3: Habitats for/of Humanity Crafting Selves: The Impact of Idenity on Intercultural Friendships among Women Kim Morrison Women's Professional Mentorship in Psychology and the Academy: One Group's Stories of Quilting and Life Denise J. Larsen and Jennifer A. Bosivert with Jocelyn Lock, Tikker Percey, Diane Priebe, and Linda Vaudan Sexual Health of Young Women: Context and Care Make a Difference Mary Rucklos Hampton, Barb McWatters, Bonne Jeffery, and Pamela Smith Voices of Dancers with Mobility Impairments Donna L. Goodwin, John Krohn, and Arvid Kuhnle References

Home/Bodies showcases a wealth of women's lived experiences, challenging readers to consider the contemporary complexity and diversity of gendered identity, embodiment, and belonging in place. Deborah Cowen, University of Toronto Quarterly