Let’s take it SLOW! The slow university? REDUX
This Allegra week we remain in retreat spirits, and will consequently revisit some more ‘Jewel’s of Allie’s Archive’. And what more appropriate […]
Call for Guest Editors / Thematic Threads
The year 2017 is set to be a year where critical new insights are needed at all fronts. And Allegra
The Borderlands of Race
Today we continue our revisitation of 2016 via a review that has – sadly – only grown more topical since it
Top of 2016 – or thereabouts!
Who can believe that it’s almost Spring – where did the time fly?! At Allegra we just realized that we
MORAL WAGES: THE EMOTIONAL DILEMMAS OF VICTIMS ADVOCACY AND COUNSELING
I was excited to dig into the book by the sociologist Kenneth A. Kolb. Why? I was keen to read
SEX AND UNISEX: FASHION, FEMINISM, AND THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION
Fashion is deeply expressive of social and individual identities, and thus, changes in fashion trends reveal much about changes in
MASCULINITIES UNDER NEOLIBERALISM
Masculinities Under Neoliberalism (2016), edited by Andrea Cornwall, Frank G. Karioris and Nancy Lindisfarne is the successor of the groundbreaking
GENDER AND GENETICS: SOCIOLOGY OF THE PRENATAL
Within the past several years, prenatal testing has significantly advanced, developing numerous methods of non-invasive prenatal testing such as examining
Reviews week: Let’s talk about gender!
Following up on Felix Girke’s review of Rogers Brubaker’s book #trans, this #reviews week is dedicated to more new publications
Conversation Reviews
Reviewing the Review Process
As Allegra’s reviews editor, I am not only dealing with awesome new publications every week, but also get to think