Pamela Downe
- Affiliation: University of Saskatchewan
Pamela Downe is an Associate Professor of Women’s & Gender Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. She has had a long-standing interest in health-related issues, especially those related to gender and infectious disease. Her first book, entitled Modelos Competativos de Enfermedades is based on her work in Southern Mexico and Northern Guatemala where she examined different explanatory and treatment models of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. Her second book, Violence and Contagion in Costa Rica: Discursive and Gendered Intersections, examines how women in economically marginalized communities construct and apply concepts of contagion, infection and invasion. Much of the research for this second book focuses on HIV/AIDS, violence and prostitution. She has also publishd on the use of humour as an adaptive social strategy as well as prostitute sexuality. More recently, her research interests have included analyses of the globalizing sex industry and the health repercussions of violence.
Professor Downe was awarded the University of Saskatchewan Student Union (USSU) Teaching Excellence Award in 1997.
Books by Pamela Downe
Gendered Intersections
An Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies, 2nd Edition
Lesley Biggs, Pamela Downe, Susan Gingell
Following the structure of the successful first edition of Gendered Intersections, this second edition examines the intersections across and between gender, race, culture, class, ability, sexuality, age and geographical location from the diverse perspectives of academics, artists and activists. Using a variety of mediums — academic research, poetry, statistics, visual essays, fiction, emails and music — this collection offers a unique exploration of gender through issues such as… (more information)