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COLD SHOULDERS & EVIL EYES :
STEADYING GAZES & WARM EMBRACES
Inclusion and Exclusion in Our Daily Lives
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Heather Tosteson
Charles D. Brockett
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TABLE OF CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION
Heather Tosteson                   Steadying Our Gazes as Writers and Readers

INTRODUCTION TO PARTS I & II


PART I: CHILD'S VIEW
Jodi L. Hottel                          Look Alike
Bernice M. Fisher                   Because of a Doll
Christina Lovin                       A Cup of White Sugar
                                                Flesh
Kenneth McManus                 Of Heroes and Such
Alan Elyshevitz                      The Power of the Word

PART II: STEADYING GAZES
Anna Steegmann                    The Calling
Deidra K. Razzaque               The Name You Lost
Bernice M. Fisher                  The Tamarix Bush


INTRODUCTION TO PARTS III & IV

PART III: ADOLESCENCE

Kate Lynn Hibbard                 Altar Boy
R. Dean Johnson                    Catching Atoms
Frances Saunders                   Not Our Kind

PART IV: YOUNG ADULTHOOD
Mark Tarallo                          Where the Universes Are
Gina M. Tabasso                    You See What You Are Looking For
Susan O'Doherty                    Lizzie Farrell Gets Hers

INTRODUCTION TO PART V & VI:  FAMILY & HISTORY

PART V:  FAMILY & HISTORY
Antoinette Brim                     Waiting
Alexandrina Sergio                I Never Know Whose Sister Is a Lesbian
Marion Deutsche Cohen        Hurt
Andrei Guruianu                    Insomnia
                                               Fear Has a Way of Remembering
Jodi L. Hottel                         Sweeping
Carol DeCanio                       After

PART VI: PARENTING
Katrin Talbot                          The Drs. So & So and the Fine Art of Exclusion
Donald R. Vogel                     The Others
McCabe Coolidge                  "Dad, Can You Find Me a Boyfriend?"



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