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Tag Archives: gender studies
Purple ribbons and red clothes for International Women’s Day
in feminist studies, gender studies, women's history
Tagged feminism, gender studies, International Women's Day, labor studies, women's studies
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It is International Women’s Day, comrade! By universal proclamation we honor women and dedicate ourselves to helping them overcome the many obstacles they still face in this man’s world. Indeed, some people intend to observe the day with A Day Without … Continue reading
Sa-lute: Another award for “Funk the Erotic”
in African American Studies, literary studies, music
Tagged gender studies, popular culture, sexuality studies, women's studies
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Awards season continues with one of our already-lauded books receiving another prize. L. H. Stallings‘s Funk the Erotic: Transaesthetics and Black Sexual Cultures has won the Alan Bray Memorial Book Award, awarded by the GL/Q Caucus of the Modern Language Association … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday: Over There
in anthropology, music, women's history
Tagged ethnomusicology, gender studies, music, Nepal, Peru, Russia, Sumatra, Throwbacklist Thursday, women's studies
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Whenever the Olympic Games convene, we remember that the United States shares the planet with other countries. We also remember that many of the world’s people play team handball. At the University of Illinois Press, our authors journey by jet, balloon, donkey, clipper ship, … Continue reading
Q&A with Sex Testing author Lindsay Parks Pieper
in author commentary, authors, sports history
Tagged gender studies, IOC, Lindsay Parks Pieper, Olympics, Sex Testing
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Lindsay Parks Pieper is an assistant professor of sport management at Lynchburg College. She answered some questions about her book Sex Testing: Gender Policing in Women’s Sports. Q: Given the colorful history of cheating in the Olympic Games, vigilance from IOC … Continue reading
Global Homophobia editors awarded by LGBTQA Caucus
in authors, awards, gay/lesbian
Tagged gender studies, homophobia, political science
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Meredith L. Weiss and Michael J. Bosia, editors of Global Homophobia: States, Movements, and the Politics of Oppression, were awarded the Scholar Award by the LGBTQA Caucus of the International Studies Association. The award was announced in February at the … Continue reading
Brazil’s sex tourism perceptions and culture
in author commentary, authors, black studies, feminist studies, travel
Tagged anthropology, gender studies, women's studies
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Erica Lorraine Williams visited the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University to discuss her book Sex Tourism in Bahia: Ambiguous Entanglements. In her talk, Williams examines the impact of Brazil’s tourism department using Black sexuality to promote their nation … Continue reading
Autism, social skills classes and gender conformity
in author commentary, authors
Tagged autism, Autism and Gender, gender studies, Jordynn Jack, special education
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In Chapter 5 of Jordynn Jack’s Autism and Gender: From Refrigerator Mothers to Computer Geeks, the author considers how autistic people consider gender and sexuality. On her book blog Jack writes: For some, gender is a confusing social construct; for … Continue reading
Q&A with Autism and Gender author Jordynn Jack
in author commentary, authors, communication, interviews, new books
Tagged autism, gender studies, special education, women's studies
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Jordynn Jack is an associate professor of English at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She is the author of Autism and Gender: From Refrigerator Mothers to Computer Geeks. She recently answered some questions about her book. Q: Autism, more than many … Continue reading
Q&A with Sex Tourism in Bahia author Erica Lorraine Williams
in author commentary, black studies, interviews, latino studies
Tagged anthropology, Brazil, Erica Lorraine Williams, gender studies, Latin America, women's studies
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Erica Lorraine Williams is an assistant professor of anthropology at Spelman College. She answered some questions about her book Sex Tourism in Bahia: Ambiguous Entanglements. Q: For your book research you attended meetings of the group “Aprosba” in Brazil. What is … Continue reading
Q&A with Caribbean Spaces author Carole Boyce Davies
in author commentary, authors, black studies
Tagged Caribbean Spaces, Caribbean studies, Carole Boyce Davies, gender studies, Rihanna, Underground Railroad, women's studies
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Carole Boyce Davies is a professor of Africana studies and English at Cornell University. She is the editor of the three-volume Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture and several other collections in African and Caribbean studies and black women’s studies internationally. … Continue reading