von Angela McRobbie | Apr 14, 2017 | Allgemein, English
The rapidity with which the Trump administration has set about dismantling what remains of publicly-funded institutions and facilities in the US begs some crucial questions: what was the prior state of welfare provision in American society? What battles have been...
von Arlene Stein | Mrz 1, 2017 | Allgemein, English
Over 15 years ago I studied a local Christian right campaign against gay/lesbian rights in the Pacific Northwest for my book The Stranger Next Door. I spent a year interviewing people in a small timber community to try to understand why the issue of sexuality emerged...
von Angela McRobbie | Dez 5, 2016 | Allgemein, English
Menace and the threat of violence have a particular address to women. Welcome to a new phase of anti-feminism. When Silvio Berlusconi was Prime Minister of Italy we got a taste of things to come in the USA. Media mogul, showman and willing to play the buffoon but...
von Claire Potter | Jan 6, 2016 | Allgemein, English, Judith Butler
2015 jährte sich das Erscheinen von Judith Butlers Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity zum 25. Mal. Bereits im folgenden Jahr, 1991, erschien die deutsche Ausgabe unter dem Titel Das Unbehagen der Geschlechter. Mit Fug und Recht kann gesagt werden,...
von Johanna Schuster-Craig | Okt 12, 2015 | English
On October 7th, 2015, 34 CDU politicians issued a public letter criticizing Angela Merkel for her refugee politics. This letter lists suggestions for handling the refugee crisis as well as articulates frustration with the Chancellor as a representative of their party...
von Angela McRobbie | Aug 13, 2015 | English
Is there room for any women other than the "exceptional woman", let alone women with children, in the new hyper-stratified university? A few weeks ago the prize-winning French economist Thomas Piketty was interviewed for the Financial Times for the regular...
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