Chubby Guy Swag
September 15, 2015
—Jason Whitesel There appears to be endless chatter among bloggers about fat women’s fashion, though less so when it comes to fat men. It seems that the fashion industry has… READ MORE
Category: Anthropology
Playing (anti-)blackness: Expanding understandings of racism in sport
August 7, 2015
—Stanley I. Thangaraj The National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Atlanta Hawks entered the 2015 playoff run as the number one seed in the Eastern Conference, and with one of the best… READ MORE
How to be a straight man: Reflections on “No homo” and metrosexuality
June 25, 2015
—James Joseph Dean The kaleidoscope of straight masculinities may be seen through shifts and changes in everyday language, fashion, and style. In American and British contexts, straight men’s identity practices… READ MORE
Community organizing to end the school-to-jail track
June 11, 2015
—Ben Kirshner and Ricardo Martinez The Black Lives Matter movement has galvanized people throughout the US to speak up about systemic racism and the devastating impact of mass incarceration on… READ MORE
Interview with Rebecca Moore, author of Women in Christian Traditions
June 3, 2015
Below is a brief interview with Rebecca Moore, Professor of Religious Studies at San Diego State University and author of Women in Christian Traditions (NYU Press, 2015). The book, part of the… READ MORE
Celebrating Revolutionary Blackness: Haitian Flag Day
May 21, 2015
—Bertin M. Louis, Jr. [This post originally appeared on Mark Anthony Neal’s blog, NewBlackMan (in Exile).] In communities across the globe, thousands of Haitians celebrate Haitian Flag Day every May 18… READ MORE
Artist as ethnographer: Jason Whitesel on Books Combined
April 21, 2015
—Jason Whitesel [This article was originally posted on Books Combined, a collaborative blog launched by our friends at Combined Academic Publishers.] Growing up, I found the human body an abundant source… READ MORE
Fighting for the “Mexican Dream”: Behind the scenes of border-crossing tourism
January 22, 2015
—Leah M. Sarat About every six months or so, a news story emerges about an unlikely ecotourism event in Mexico: a border-crossing simulation that invites visitors to step into the… READ MORE