The Maternal Body in 18th and 19th Century America
A review of Bodies at Odds: The Maternal Body as Lived Experience and Cultural Expression in America, 1750-1850, by Nora Doyle. Historians of women and…
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Female Same-Sex Intimacy and the Growth of Modern Sexual Categories in the U.S.
A review of ‘She’s That Way': Female Same-Sex Intimacy and the Growth of Modern Sexual Categories in the U.S., 1920-1940, by Anastasia Jones. While there…
Gender, Work, and Globalization in Pakistan
A review of Chaddors and Pink Collars in Pakistan: Gender, Work, and the Global Economy by Zehran Yasmin Zaidi. Muslim women have become a central…
Womanhood & Community in an Indian Homeless Shelter
A review of Women with No One: Community and Christianity in a Secular South Indian Homeless Shelter, by Connie Etter Connie Etter’s dissertation is based…
Qiu Ti: Chinese Female Modernist Painter
A review of Qiu Ti’s Contributions to Juelanshe and the Intersection of Modernist Ideology, Public Receptivity, and Personal Identity for a Woman Oil Painter in…
Stalinist Masculinity in Soviet Film & Society, 1953-68
A review of Rescripting Stalinist Masculinity: Contesting the Male Ideal in Soviet Film and Society, 1953-1968, by Marko Dumančić. Marko Dumančić’s dissertation examines models of…
Gender, Power & Sexuality in BDSM Interactions
A review of A “Different Economy of Bodies and Pleasures”? Gender, Power, and Sexuality in BDSM Interactions, by Brandy Simula. Brandy Simula’s dissertation draws its…
Eiko & Koma: Choreographing Spaces
A review of Eiko and Koma: Choreographing Spaces Apart in Asian America by Rosemary Candelario. Rosemary Candelario’s dissertation, Eiko and Koma: Choreographing Spaces Apart in…
Nationhood & Homosexuality in Poland
A review of Nation Queer? Discourses Of Nationhood And Homosexuality In Times Of Transformation: Case Studies From Poland, by Robert Kulpa. In her landmark work…
An Evening of Experimental Middle Eastern Dance
A review of Dancing in the Fringe: Connections Forming An Evening of Experimental Middle Eastern Dance, by Laura Osweiler. Dancing in the Fringe: Connections Forming…