#Review: One Hour in Paris. A True Story of Rape and Recovery, Part 1 of 2
One Hour in Paris: A True Story of Rape and Recovery is one part personal memoir, one part intellectual exploration into one woman’s highly…
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Brazilian Food. Race, Class and Identity in Regional Cuisines
“The symbolic power of foods…is different from (even if related in some manner to) the tactical and structural power that sets the outermost terms…
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A hundred years apart: An intimate history of Italian migration to the US
“…Here being my Italy – Where memories spring like geysers, Crying at me where I place my feet; Italy which receives me with benignity…
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Why the differences between Lampedusa (the place) and Lampedusa (the play) matter
On April 19 I went to see “Lampedusa”, a play by Anders Lustgarten, and found it both enlightening and misleading. Enlightening because it strives…
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Wives, Husbands and Lovers. Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Urban China
Social scientists have repeatedly looked at the institution of marriage, and at the pivotal role it plays in many societies’ production and reproduction. In…
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Call for Reviews: Recent Publications on Children
To celebrate the arrival of another tiny Allie, Allegra is launching a small but perfectly formed list of publications on #children, this time with…
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Toronto, London, New York? #EVENTS
A lot of exciting things are happening in our beloved discipline around the globe. We selected, once again, a number of inspiring events that should…
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REDUX: Who is afraid of #HumanRights in Russia?
Russian politics fare well in keeping conflicting stories alive. Sir Winston Churchill famously said that the Soviet Union is a “riddle wrapped in a…
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How Worried Should We Be About Russia?
From Berlin, Russia is a 7-hour drive. The Ukraine is only a little farther by car. And sometimes I feel, when staring out my…
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It’s a boy! Recent publications on #children
Allegra is celebrating the arrival of a tiny Allie with a short but sweet list of publications on #children! Welcome to this crazy world!…
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The ‘Euro’ in Euromaidan, in Hindsight
On March 18th, 2014 Putin delivered a speech to the Russian Duma where he reclaimed Crimea for Russia. The Russian President did not declare…
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Chronicle of a Satisfaction Foretold
When I was 18 I went to study economics. But I didn’t last long, mainly because I didn’t find what we were doing there…
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