Undisciplined women

Description:

Contributors demonstrate that informal traditional and popular expressive cultural forms continue to be central to Canadians' gender constructions and clearly display the creation and re-creation of women's often subordinate position in society. They not only explore positive and negative images of women - the witch, the Icelandic Mountain Woman, and the Hollywood "killer dyke" - but also examine how actual women - taxi drivers, quilters, spiritual healers, and storytellers - negotiate and remake these images in their lives and work. Contributors also propose models for facilitating feminist dialogue on traditional and popular culture in Canada.

subjects: Social life and customs,  Women,  Femmes,  Folklore,  Moeurs et coutumes,  Women, canada,  Folklore, canada,  Women, folklore,  Canada, social life and customs

Places: Canada