Since the late 19th century, genital modifications (female and male) have been an important research subject in anthropology. According to a comparative and constructivist perspective, they were first interpreted as rites of passage, then as rites of institutions. In a complex dialogue with feminist...
Cultural Sociology 2, no. 1: 99–121. Google Scholar Glenney Boggs, Colleen. 2010. “American Bestiality: Sex, Animals, and the Construction of Subjectivity.” Cultural Critique 76 (Fall): 98–125. Google Scholar Kristeva, Julia. 1982. The Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection. New ...
As I have shown so far, Christina and Anna juxtapose the recognisable gendered subjects of their husbands to the (more) unrecognisable subject: the familiar stranger, the child or the animal. As such, their narratives show how dementia may disrupt intersubjective recognition and how this was linke...
The article suggests that the interviewees' distinction between and assessment of workers of value and workers without value to justify and explain these lay-offs, are permeated by stereotyped images of gendered qualities and reflect a gendered work ideal. As the interviewees argued, not everybody...
Here is the crux of Connell’s (1995: 77) argument; while gender is performative, hegemonic practices, in order to be legitimated, must correspond to institutional privilege and power, which have no basis in nature and are subject to change. Therefore, what is considered gender “identity” ...
In the latter part of the twentieth century, in "Notes Toward a Politics of Location," Adrienne Rich effectively talks about the politics of location, insisting on the importance of this subject for women and making it an integral aspect of second wave feminism. Since then, several feminist ac...
The meditative effect of spinning may emerge from the repetitiveness ofthe practice, allowing the subject to get closer to the divine through the align-ment of soul and body in a similar way as prayer beads allowed during per-sonal devotion (Heilskov 2019).Although this notion is suggested ...
内容提示: The Journal of Sociology & Social WelfareVolume 32Issue 1MarchArticle 16July 2015At Work in the Iron Cage: The Prison as GenderedOrganization.Dana M. Britton. Reviewed byKatherine van Wormer.Katherine van WormerUniversity of Northern IowaFollow this and additional works at:http://scholar...
Here is the crux of Connell's (1995: 77) argument; while gender is performative, hegemonic practices, in order to be legitimated, must correspond to institutional privilege and power, which have no basis in nature and are subject to change. Therefore, what is considered gender "identity" is...
are typically provided universally and individuals rather than couples are subject to taxation in the Nordic countries. In terms of family policy, the Nordic countries are known for the provision of comprehensive policies. These include job-protected and income-compensated family-related leaves, ...