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
Book Review Reviews
THE TROUBLE WITH MARRIAGE: FEMINISTS CONFRONT LAW AND VIOLENCE IN INDIA
Politics, law and global agendas all actively shape the kinship bonds that are formed and sometimes dissolved in marriage. To
TRANSRACHEL. UNSETTING ANALOGIES WITH ROGERS BRUBAKER
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