Affilia Journal of Women and Social Work articles from December 1998

Affilia Journal of Women and Social Work archives from December 1998

Reconstructing the liberal consensus on what is feminist.(Editorial)
December 22, 1998... To deconstruct implies to reconstruct. We all can think of numerous social work practices and ideas that are in need of reexamination, reevaluation, and refurbishment. Moreover, feminist social workers have the specific obligation to modernize...

Feminist community organizing on a college campus.
December 22, 1998... This case study involved a small (2,200 students), elite, academically respected liberal arts college. Founded in 1823, the college was an all-male institution until 1969 when it first admitted female students. Although considerable changes...

"What it was won't be anymore": reaching the turning point in coping with intimate violence.
December 22, 1998... Feminist theorists and activists have identified woman battering as one of the most dramatic expressions of social inequality and misuse of power in society, as well as an expression of patriarchal attitudes and control of women in the family...

Comparisons of rural and urban homeless women.
December 22, 1998... The growing problem of homelessness among women has been studied extensively since the early 1980s (Anderson, Boe, & Smith, 1988; Bassuk, 1993; Bassuk, Rubin, & Lauriat, 1984, 1986; Browne, 1990, 1993; Burt & Cohen, 1989; Calsyn & Morse, 1990;...

Correlates of stress among African American nuns.
December 22, 1998... The lives of African American women have been examined in relation to numerous roles and from multiple perspectives. However, a review of the literature indicated that no empirical study to date has focused exclusively on the unique experience...

Domestic violence gun ban: an analysis of interest-group conflict.
December 22, 1998... Legal definitions of abuse vary among cultures and even within the U.S. legal system from state to state. However, in 1994, domestic violence was recognized as a distinct criminal behavior in the Uniform Crime Reports, and stalking and domestic...

Good Intentions Overruled: A Critique of Empowerment in the Routine Organization of Mental Health Services.
December 22, 1998... Good Intentions Overruled: A Critique of Empowerment in the Routine Organization of Mental Health Services. By Elizabeth Townsend. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998, 192 pp., $50 (hardbound), $16.95 (paper). This well-crafted...

Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives.
December 22, 1998... Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Edited by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd and Carolyn F. Sargent. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997, 510 pp., $45 (hardbound), $16.95 (paper). This is an intriguing...

The Structure of Women's Nonprofit Organizations.
December 22, 1998... The Structure of Women's Nonprofit Organizations. By Rebecca L. Bordt. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997, 114 pp., $24.95 (hardbound). Although women's organizations warrant greater attention, this book does not make a...

Women and the Canadian Welfare State: Challenges and Change.
December 22, 1998... Women and the Canadian Welfare State: Challenges and Change. Edited by Patricia Evans and Gerda Wekerle. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997, 329 pp., $50 (hardbound), $24.95 (paper). With the conservative Right steadily chipping...

Faces of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement.
December 22, 1998... Faces of Feminism: An Activist's Reflections on the Women's Movement. By Sheila Tobias. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1997, 321 pp., $24.00 (hardbound). The author's purpose is to place feminism and the women's movement, especially the second...

Community Activism and Feminist Politics: Organizing Across Race, Class and Gender.
December 22, 1998... Community Activism and Feminist Politics: Organizing Across Race, Class and Gender. Edited by Nancy A. Naples. New York: Routledge, 1998, 411 pp., $75 (hardbound), $23.99 (paper). This book tackles a subject that has frustrated feminist...

Helping Families Through Divorce: An Eclectic Approach.
December 22, 1998... Helping Families Through Divorce: An Eclectic Approach. By Ellen Bogolub. New York: Springer, 1995, 256 pp., $39.95 (hardbound). What distinguishes Helping Families Through Divorce from other books on the subject is the attention paid to both...

A Feminist Clinician's Guide to the Memory Debate.
December 22, 1998... A Feminist Clinician's Guide to the Memory Debate. Edited by Susan Contratto and M. Janice Gutfreund. Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park, 1996, 140 pp., $29.95 (hardbound), $14.95 (paper). This book attempts to provide clinicians with a...

Lesbian Therapists and Their Therapy: From Both Sides of the Couch.
December 22, 1998... Lesbian Therapists and Their Therapy: From Both Sides of the Couch. Edited by Nancy D. Davis, Ellen Cole, and Esther D. Rothblum. Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park, 1996, 80 pp., $39.95 (hardbound), $9.95 (paper). This is a book to read if...

Working with Asian Americans: A Guide for Clinicians.
December 22, 1998... Working With Asian Americans: A Guide for Clinicians. Edited by Evelyn Lee. New York: Guilford, 1997, 500 pp., $16.95 (paper). Is it possible to do justice to a subject as complex and diverse as Asian Americans in a single book? Evelyn Lee...