Reel Latinas? Race, gender, and asymmetric recognition in contemporary film

Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Contemporary Brazil

Gender, Literature, and Film in Contemporary East Central European Culture

In her article, "Gender, Literature, and Film in Contemporary East Central European Culture," Anikó Imre discusses gender, literature, and film in Hungary in the context of East Central European national cultures of the 1980s and 1990s. Anikó Imre analyzes the analogous gender structures that underlie both nation and literature in these transitional cultures. She challenges both social science ...

Domestic Violence Against Latinas by Latino Males: An Analysis of Race, National Origin, and Gender Differentials

After about two months he started. .. hitting me again. This time I was going to do something, so I told Yolanda, my best friend. She said, and I'll never forget it, "So what, you think my boyfriend doesn't hit me? That's how men are. " It was like I was wrong or weak because I wanted to do something about it. Last time he got mad he threatened me with a knife. That really scared me. 1 Te voy a...

Gender, Race, and Sentencing

Race and gender pose empirical and policy problems that are both similar and different for the U.S. criminal justice system. They are similar in that blacks and women occupy subordinate social and economic positions in American life, and their interests are less likely to be represented in the justice system than are those of white men. They are different in that blacks are overrepresented in a...

sims family: beyond the race and gender

this article deals with the social and family values in one of the most famous simulation games (the sims) in the recent years. it is tried to answer some questions, whether, the sims is a representative of social values of american society, and in particular, of the american family. what is the cement of the american society from the game point of view? what does the sims family suggest as a m...