Few people these days would oppose making the public realm of space, social services and jobs accessible to women and men with disabilities. But what about access to the private realm of desire and sexuality? How can one also facilitate access to that, in ways that respect the integrity of disabled [...]
This narrative follows the lives of a group of transgendered prostitutes ("travestis" in Portuguese) in the Brazilian city Salvador. Travestis are males who, at an age as young as ten, adopt female names, clothing styles, hairstyles and linguistic pronouns. They ingest massive doses of female hormon[...]
This lively and accessible textbook looks at how we talk about sex and why we talk about it the way we do. Drawing on a wide range of examples, from personal ads to phone sex, from sado-masochistic scenes to sexual assault trials, the book provides a clear introduction to the relationship between la[...]
Language Shift and Cultural Reproduction is a fascinating anthropological study of language and cultural change among the villagers of Gapun, in the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Despite their strong attachment to their own language as a source of identity and as a tie to their lands, people are[...]
Few people these days would oppose making the public realm of space, social services and jobs accessible to women and men with disabilities. But what about access to the private realm of desire and sexuality? How can one also facilitate access to that, in ways that respect the integrity of disabled [...]
Draws on the expertise of thirteen anthropologists and an obesity activist to present a multicultural and social examination of fat-related attitudes throughout the world that argues that the state of being overweight is a culturally enforced status that is subject to widely varying public opinions.[...]
Feminismen har de senaste åren mött hårt motstånd och svidande kritik. Ofta har kritiken varit välbehövlig och berättigad, men tyvärr har den hätska stämningen gjort att nyanser försvunnit och positiva element drunknat. Den svenska feministiska debatten behöver en vitamininjektion, och P[...]
Den svenska feministiska debatten behöver en vitamininjektion!
Feminismen har de senaste åren mött hårt motstånd och svidande kritik. Ofta har kritiken varit välbehövlig och berättigad, men tyvärr har den hätska stämningen gjort att nyanser försvunnit och positiva element drun[...]