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Guide to Gender & Sexuality at the ASA Conference

January 1, 2000

Gender and Politics

11/18, 8:30-10:30

Influences of Constructions of Masculinity on Sexual and Legal Behavior

11/18, 10:45-12:45

Re-Engaging Sierra Leonean Womanhood: Historical, Sociological, and Literary Perspectives

11/18, 10:45-12:45

Envisioning the Body/Politic

11/18, 10:45-12:45

Missionary Work, Gender, and Authority in Southern Africa

11/18, 1:00-3:00

The Dilemma of Insiders Conducting Research Among West African Women

11/18, 3:15-5:15

Gender and Globalization in the Horn of Africa

11/19, 9:00-11:00

Talking About Men, Women, and Daily Life: The Social and Cultural Implications of Narratives in Tanzanian Popular Culture

Sexuality

11/17, 12:45-2:45

Romantic Love and Sex, Part I: Transnational Connections and New Technologies

11/17, 3:00-5:00

Romantic Love and Sex, Part II: Emotional Attachments, Material Exchanges, and Bodily Risks

11/17, 12:45-2:45

Indigenous Women and European Men, Part I

11/17, 3:00-5:00

Indigenous Women and European Men, Part II

11/18, 1:00-3:00

Roundtable: Towards a History of Sexuality in Africa: Intimacy, Respectability, and Desire

11/18, 3:15-5:15

Sex and the Politics of the Body

Reproductive Health

11/18, 3:15-5:15

Managing Reproductive Events through the Life Course

11/19, 11:15-1:15

Colonial and Post-Colonial Threats to Reproduction: Women's Responses

Art and Beauty

11/18, 1:00-3:00

The African Body: Health and Beauty

11/19, 11:15-1:15

Literary, Media, and Cultural Reproduction of Gender, Health, and Embodiment

Gender and Health

11/18, 10:45-12:45

Dangerous Outsiders: Women, Minorities, and Youth, and the Health of the Botswana Body/Politic

11/18, 1:00-3:00

Health, Gender, and the Politics of Embodiment: Literary and Social Representations

11/18, 3:15-5:15

Gender and Equity, Health, and Political Power: National and Continental Manifestations

11/19, 9:00-11:00

Gender, Health, and Political Ecology: Women's Resistance to Local and Global Oppression

11/19, 3:00-5:00

The Politics of Health and Knowledge: Responses to Women's Needs in Health and Humanitarian Crises

11/20, 9:00-11:00

Gender Relations, Healthcare, and Education

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