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In early 2015, I followed the case of Rachel Dolezal, the Spokane woman who attempted to pass as black. She […]
PAPER TIGER: LAW, BUREAUCRACY AND THE DEVELOPMENTAL STATE IN HIMALAYAN INDIA
Nayanika Mathur’s Paper Tiger. Law, Bureaucracy and the Developmental State in Himalayan India is an ethnography of the everyday life of
Happy New Year from Allegra!
After a well deserved break during the holiday season, Allegra is back and full of energy for yet another exciting
Habeas Viscus: Racializing Assemblages, Biopolitics, and Black Feminist Theories of the Human
Underlying the domain of human rights is the conception of the human on which we predicate, and advocate for, human
Reviews Week – and a Student-Led Research Project!
This week we have two new reviews for you, tackling the question of #race (see our #callforreviews here): Tomorrow, our
Innocent Weapons: The Soviet and American Politics of Childhood in the Cold War
When the picture of Alan Kurdi’s drowned body first hit the headlines, it was instantly iconic. For many, the simple
What Kinship Is – And Is Not
While Western political leaders overtly inflame followers by ascribing innate difference to Others, the lucidity and coherence of Marshall Sahlins’
Women without Class: Girls, Race and Identity
The tile of the book itself informs its readers that it is an interrogation of women as class ‘subjects.’ Although
Call for Reviews: Recent Publications on Gender
While gender remains a mostly female domain of inquiry, our list of recent publications features not only male authors, but
On the State. Lectures at the Collège de France, 1989-1992.
As stated on its back cover, in this book the influential French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002) investigates the state’s ‘extraordinary