Modernity and Modernization in Turkey
A Review of Assessing the Turkish Model: The Modernization Trajectory of Turkey through the lens of the Multiple Modernities Paradigm, by Oğuzhan Göksel. Oğuzhan Göksel’s…
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Gender and Restaurant Work in Shanghai
A review of Transforming Life in China: Gendered Experiences of Restaurant Workers in Shanghai, by Yang Shen. Although many existing literature study migrant workers in…
Public Health and Citizenship in Colombia, 1930-1940
A review of Curing a Sick Nation: Public Health and Citizenship in Colombia, 1930-1940 by Hanni Jalil In 1930, Colombia entered a new period of…
Overseas Filipino Musicians and the Geographies of Migrant Creative Labor
A review of Western Music By Its Others: Overseas Filipino Musicians and the Geographies of Migrant Creative Labor, by Anjeline de Dios. Angeline de Dios’s…
Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan
A review of Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment of Early Modern Japan, 1600-1900, by Jakobina Arch. Jakobina Arch’s pathbreaking dissertation makes substantial contributions…
Gay Poetics in Post-WWII U. S.
A review of Homosexuality Is A Poem: How Gay Poets Remodeled The Lyric, Community And The Ideology Of Sex To Theorize A Gay Poetic, by…
The Work of Domestic Service in Contemporary Morocco
A review of Hired to be daughters: Domestic service among ordinary Moroccans, by Mary Elizabeth Montgomery. “Domesticity in Morocco has always been a ‘family’ thing,…
Islamic Scholarly Exchange in Central Asia, 1747-1917
A review of The Persianate Sphere during the Age of Empires: Islamic Scholars and Networks of Exchange in Central Asia, 1747-1917, by James Robert Pickett….
Social Difference and Culinary Education in Peru
A review of The Taste of Distinction: Culinary Education and the Production of Social Difference in Lima, Peru, by Amy Lasater-Wille The thesis illustrates how…
Civil Unrest by Expatriates in Istanbul
A review of Sensemaking of Civil Unrest by Expatriates in Istanbul, Turkey from May 31, 2013 to July 18, 2013 by LeAnn Gale DeHoff. It has…