The gender line : men, women, and the law / / Nancy Levit

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910213829703321
• Autore: Levit Nancy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : New York University Press, c1998; New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [1998]; ©1998
• ISBN: 9780814752715; 0814752713; 9780585022109; 0585022100
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Collana: Critical America
• Disciplina: 305.3
• Soggetti: Men - Legal status, laws, etc - United States; Women - Legal status, laws, etc - United States; Sex role - United States; Sex and law - United States; Sex discrimination in justice administration - Law and legislation - United States; Feminist jurisprudence - United States; Feminist theory - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-293) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Gender Separatism -- 3. How Courts Enforce Gender Separatism -- 4. Making Men -- 5. The "F" Word -- 6. Feminist Legal Theory and the Treatment of Men -- 7. Reconstructing Images of Gender in Theory -- 8. Remaking Gender in Practice -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite tremendous advances in civil rights, we live in a world where the sexes remain sharply segregated from birth to death: in names, clothing, social groupings, and possessions; in occupations, civic association, and domestic roles. Gender separatism, so pervasive as to be almost invisible, permeates the fabric of our daily social routines. Preferring a notion of gender that is fluid and contextual, and denying ; that separatism is inevitable, Nancy Levit dismantles the myths of gender essentialism Drawing on a wealth of interdisciplinary data regarding the biological and cultural origins of sex differences, Levit provides a fresh perspective on gendered behaviors and argues the need for careful cultivation of new relations between the sexes. With its focus particularly on men, The Gender Line offers an insightful overview of the construction of gender and the damaging effects of its stereotypes. Levit analyzes the ways in which law legitimizes the social segregation of the sexes through legal decisions regarding custody, employment, education, sexual harassment, and criminal law. In so doing, she illustrates the ways in which men's and women's oppressions are intertwined and how law molds the very definition of masculinity. Applying feminist methodology to the doctrine of feminism itself, Levit artfully demonstrates that gender separatism infects even our contemporary views of feminism. Levit asks questions that have been too long been unspoken--those that lie at the core of the feminist project, yet threaten its very foundations. Revealing masculinity as both a privileged and a victimized condition, she calls for a step forward, past the bounds of contemporary feminism and its conflicts, toward a more egalitarian and inclusive feminism. This brand of feminism would reshape traditional masculinity, invite men into feminist dialogue, and claim men as political allies.

Models and analysis of vocal emissions for biomedical applications : 5th International workshop, December 13-15, 2007, Florence, Italy / / edited by Claudia Manfredi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910130604303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Firenze, : Firenze University Press, 2007; Firenze : , : Firenze University Press, , 2007
• ISBN: 9788884536747; 888453674X
• Descrizione fisica: 234 p. : ill
• Collana: Atti ; 33.; Atti ; ; 33
• Altri autori (Persone): ManfrediClaudia
• Disciplina: 621
• Soggetti: Voice disorders; Biomedical engineering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Proceedings.; On cover: Università degli studi di Firenze ...; On spine: MAVEBA 2007.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword Theoretical models I Pathology detection/classification I Mechanical models I Posters Theoretical models II Continuous speech/prosody Neurological dysfunctions Mechanical models II Pathology detection/classification II A-laryngeal speech Newborn infant cry Non-human sounds Singing voice Mozart's voice Author Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The MAVEBA Workshop proceedings, held on a biannual basis, collect the scientific papers presented both as oral and poster contributions, during the conference. The main subjects are: development of theoretical and mechanical models as an aid to the study of main phonatory dysfunctions, as well as the biomedical engineering methods for the analysis of voice signals and images, as a support to clinical diagnosis and classification of vocal pathologies. The Workshop has the sponsorship of: Ente Cassa Risparmio di Firenze, COST Action 2103, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control Journal (Elsevier Eds.), IEEE Biomedical Engineering Soc. Special Issues of International Journals have been, and will be, published, collecting selected papers from the ; conference. Gli atti del Workshop MAVEBA, a cadenza biennale, contengono la raccolta dei lavori scientifici presentati sia oralmente che come poster durante il convegno. I principali argomenti riguardano lo sviluppo di modelli analitici e meccanici di ausilio allo studio delle principali disfunzioni fonatorie, nonché; le metodologie proprie dell'ingegneria biomedica per l'analisi di segnali ed immagini vocali, di supporto alla diagnostica e classificazione di patologie fonatorie. Il Workshop è sponsorizzato da: Ente Cassa Risparmio di Firenze, COST Action 2103, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control Journal (Elsevier Eds.), IEEE Biomedical Engineering Soc.. Sono stati pubblicati e sono in programma numeri speciali di riviste internazionali che raccoglieranno i contributi più significativi.