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Through a wide range of international and interdisciplinary case
studies, this book develops the notion of legacy, and in
particular, ‘living legacy’– that is, it explores power
relations in the context of time as a means to considering and
challenging social injustice. Legacies of social injustice are very
frequently erased, denied or declared redundant. Framed by the
concept of ‘legacy’, this book does not conceive legacy as
simply referring to relics of the past, or to cultural heritage
practices and artifacts. Instead, the book focuses upon ‘living
legacies’, understood as ongoing, actively engaged in the
re-constitution of power relations, and influential in the
development of alternative political imaginaries. Through a variety
of studies from many different contexts—including Indigenous
trauma in Australia, displacement in Beirut, women travellers in
Scotland, and heteronormativity in Hollywood—the book draws not
only upon historiographic, sociological, legal, political, cultural
and other disciplinary approaches, but also specifically makes use
of feminist and postcolonial perspectives. Foregrounding the
legacies of inequality and marginalisation, it contributes to a
re-thinking of power and social change in ways that together
suggest potential means for unsettling and reimagining such
legacies. This book will appeal to an interdisciplinary range of
readers with interests and concerns in the broad area of social
justice, but especially to those working in sociolegal studies,
sociology, gender studies, indigenous studies and politics.
Internet Dating deals primarily with the experiences of UK and
Australian daters, examining their online accounts to see what
kinds of narratives, norms, emotions and 'chemistry' shape their
dating. Has the emergence and growth of internet dating changed the
dating landscape for the better? Most commentators, popular and
academic, ask whether online dating is more efficient for
individuals than offline dating. We prefer a socio-political
perspective. In particular, the book illustrates the extent to
which internet dating can advance gender and sexual equality.
Drawing on the voices of internet daters themselves, we show that
internet dating reveals how social change often arises in the
unassuming, everyday and familiar. We also pay attention to often
ignored older daters and include consideration of daters in Africa,
Scandinavia, South America, Asia and the Middle East. Throughout,
we explore the pitfalls and pleasures of men and women daters
navigating unconventional directions towards more equitable social
relations.
This book explores heterosexualities in their complex and everyday
expressions. It engages with theories about the intersection of
sexuality with other markers of difference, and gender in
particular. The outcome will productively upset equations of
heterosexuality with heteronormativity and accounts that cast
heterosexuality in "sex critical, sex as danger" terms.
Queer/feminist 'pro-sex' perspectives have become prevalent in
analyses of sexuality, but in these approaches queer becomes the
site of subversive, transgressive, exciting and pleasurable sex,
while heterosex, if mentioned at all, continues to be seen as
objectionable or dowdy. It challenges heterosexuality's comparative
absence in gender/sexuality debates and the common constitution of
heterosexuality as nasty, boring and normative. The authors develop
an innovative analysis showing the limits of the sharply bifurcated
perspectives of the "sex wars". This is not a revisionist account
of heterosexuality as merely one option in a fluid smorgasbord, nor
does it dismiss the weight of feminist/pro-feminist critiques of
heterosexuality. This book establishes that if relations of
domination do not constitute the analytical sum of heterosexuality,
then identifying its range of potentialities is clearly important
for understanding and helping to undo its "nastier" elements.
This book explores heterosexualities in their complex and
everyday expressions. It engages with theories about the
intersection of sexuality with other markers of difference, and
gender in particular. The outcome will productively upset equations
of heterosexuality with heteronormativity and accounts that cast
heterosexuality in "sex critical, sex as danger" terms.
Queer/feminist 'pro-sex' perspectives have become prevalent in
analyses of sexuality, but in these approaches queer becomes the
site of subversive, transgressive, exciting and pleasurable sex,
while heterosex, if mentioned at all, continues to be seen as
objectionable or dowdy. It challenges heterosexuality's comparative
absence in gender/sexuality debates and the common constitution of
heterosexuality as nasty, boring and normative. The authors develop
an innovative analysis showing the limits of the sharply bifurcated
perspectives of the "sex wars." This is not a revisionist account
of heterosexuality as merely one option in a fluid smorgasbord, nor
does it dismiss the weight of feminist/pro-feminist critiques of
heterosexuality. This book establishes that if relations of
domination do not constitute the analytical sum of heterosexuality,
then identifying its range of potentialities is clearly important
for understanding and helping to undo its "nastier" elements.
Care is central to life, and yet is all too often undervalued,
taken for granted, and hidden from view. This collection of
fourteen substantive and highly innovative essays, along with its
insightful introduction, seeks to explore the different dimensions
of care that shape social, legal and political contexts. It
addresses these dimensions in four key ways. First, the
contributions expand contemporary theoretical understandings of the
value of care, by reflecting upon established conceptual approaches
(such as the 'ethics of care') and developing new ways of using and
understanding this concept. Second, the chapters draw on a wide
range of methods, from doctrinal scholarship through ethnographic,
empirical and biographical research methodologies. Third, the book
enlarges the usual subjects of care research, by expanding its
analysis beyond the more typical focus on familial interconnection
to include professional care contexts, care by strangers and care
for and about animals. Finally, the collection draws on
contributions from academics working in Europe and Australia,
across law, anthropology, gender studies, politics, psychology and
sociology. By highlighting the points of connection and tension
between these diverse international and disciplinary perspectives,
this book outlines a new and nuanced approach to care, exploring
contemporary understandings of care across law, the social sciences
and humanities.
Care is central to life, and yet is all too often undervalued,
taken for granted, and hidden from view. This collection of
fourteen substantive and highly innovative essays, along with its
insightful introduction, seeks to explore the different dimensions
of care that shape social, legal and political contexts. It
addresses these dimensions in four key ways. First, the
contributions expand contemporary theoretical understandings of the
value of care, by reflecting upon established conceptual approaches
(such as the 'ethics of care') and developing new ways of using and
understanding this concept. Second, the chapters draw on a wide
range of methods, from doctrinal scholarship through ethnographic,
empirical and biographical research methodologies. Third, the book
enlarges the usual subjects of care research, by expanding its
analysis beyond the more typical focus on familial interconnection
to include professional care contexts, care by strangers and care
for and about animals. Finally, the collection draws on
contributions from academics working in Europe and Australia,
across law, anthropology, gender studies, politics, psychology and
sociology. By highlighting the points of connection and tension
between these diverse international and disciplinary perspectives,
this book outlines a new and nuanced approach to care, exploring
contemporary understandings of care across law, the social sciences
and humanities.
Internet Dating deals primarily with the experiences of UK and
Australian daters, examining their online accounts to see what
kinds of narratives, norms, emotions and 'chemistry' shape their
dating. Has the emergence and growth of internet dating changed the
dating landscape for the better? Most commentators, popular and
academic, ask whether online dating is more efficient for
individuals than offline dating. We prefer a socio-political
perspective. In particular, the book illustrates the extent to
which internet dating can advance gender and sexual equality.
Drawing on the voices of internet daters themselves, we show that
internet dating reveals how social change often arises in the
unassuming, everyday and familiar. We also pay attention to often
ignored older daters and include consideration of daters in Africa,
Scandinavia, South America, Asia and the Middle East. Throughout,
we explore the pitfalls and pleasures of men and women daters
navigating unconventional directions towards more equitable social
relations.
Adopting and developing a 'cultural politics' approach, this
comprehensive study explores how Hollywood movies generate and
reflect political myths about social and personal life that
profoundly influence how we understand power relations. Instead of
looking at genre, it employs three broad categories of film.
'Security' films present ideas concerning public order and
disorder, citizen-state relations and the politics of fear.
'Relationalities' films highlight personal and intimate politics,
bringing norms about identities, gender and sexuality into focus.
In 'socially critical' films, particular issues and ideas are
endowed with more overtly political significance. The book
considers these categories as global political technologies
implicated in hegemonic and 'soft power' relations whose reach is
both deep and broad. -- .
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