VOLUME 5(2) • 2015
RADICAL OR CONVENTIONAL? – PORTRAYAL IN CHINESE MEDIA OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN OLDER WOMAN AND A YOUNGER MAN
ABSTRACT. Recently the romantic relationship between an older woman and a younger man has been a popular topic in the Chinese media landscape. This type of relationship is basically represented as something new, modern, and radical, engaged in by many celebrities as well as creating media celebritie..
THE VOICE OF SUBALTERN IN MARGARET ATWOOD’S SURFACING: AN ANTICOLONIALIST APPROACH TO THE NOVEL
ABSTRACT. This study aims to examine Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing from the ecofeminist point of view in the light of Spivak’s theory. In her essay “Can the Subaltern Speak?” Spivak questions the concept of the colonial “subject” and the “other.” Atwood creates an unnamed protagonist and displays the ..
CREDITABLE MARRIAGE GOALS AND GOVERNMENT INTERESTS: A SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR HANDLING COMPLEXITY, APPORTIONING EXPERTISE, AND USING FEDERALISM (ANTICIPATING OBERGEFELL)
ABSTRACT. Written and posted in late spring 2015, after the oral arguments in Obergefell and before the Court announced its decision, this article is being published as of that date, with tenses unchanged and without including subsequent developments in the discussion. The author intends to publish ..
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN CYBORG BODY AND CYBER SELF
ABSTRACT. TechnoFeminist Science Fiction is a new trend in contemporary Women/Gender Studies and Feminist Science Fiction and aims at showing the stories of technowoman and their technoworld by creating new women figures − combining both cyborg and cyber. British novelist Sue Thomas has opened a new..
GENDER, RACE AND SPACE IN NELLA LARSEN’S PASSING (1929)
ABSTRACT. Awarded a Harmon Foundation Bronze medal in 1928 for her debut novel Quicksand, the first black female creative writer to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1930 on the strength of that novel and her second Passing (1929), Nella Larsen could arguably be credited as being one of the century..
“GOOKS” AND FARM GIRLS: MALE BONDING AND FEMININE UNDOING IN CLOSE QUARTERS AND PACO’S STORY
ABSTRACT. In this study I propose that an individual’s masculinity can merge with the masculine identity of an entire group (the platoon or collective), and, during the Vietnam War, a normally peaceful man could perform reprehensible actions when surrounded by others who both condoned and advocated ..
SAME CRISIS, DIFFERENT STRATEGIES? ITALIAN MEN AND WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN FRONT OF THE ECONOMIC RECESSION
ABSTRACT. It is generally accepted that companies can adopt two types of strategies when confronted with an economic downturn: defensive and offensive approach. While the existence of significant differences between men and women is proven (e.g., in terms of risk-taking, propensity towards investmen..
THE SEXUAL “CLOUD” IN THE EXECUTIVE SUITE
ABSTRACT. Nobody talks about sex in the boardroom. However, the sexual dynamics between men and women are age eternal and hover above like a cloud, motivating individuals at an unconscious level. In this article I argue that people today are very much governed by the same sexual desires that drove o..
DOING HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESEARCH: REFLECTIONS ON ETHICAL CHALLENGES
ABSTRACT. The vulnerability of millions of trafficked victims worldwide has attracted the attention of people who want to join hands in either protecting the victims or raising voices to help end human trafficking crimes. Human trafficking, however, is a sensitive issue to deal with because it relat..
JUDGES AND STEREOTYPES ON SAME-SEX ISSUES: ANALYSIS OF CASE LAW FROM A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE IN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN FAMILY LAW
ABSTRACT. This paper shows the results of an empirical analysis on the case law published by Italian and English Courts on same-sex issues such as same-sex marriage, same-sex parenthood, and transsexualism. Comparative methodology has been used in searching gender stereotypes in the text of judges’ ..
CHILDREARING IN AUSTRIA: WORK AND FAMILY ROLES
ABSTRACT. OECD regularly carries out surveys in its member states to assess their recent economic performance. For the preparation of the 2015 survey focusing on gender mainstreaming of family and work arrangements in challenging times, I summarized insights from empirical research for Austria which..
GENDERING EXTRACTION: EXPECTATIONS AND IDENTITIES IN WOMEN’S MOTIVES FOR SHALE ENERGY OPPOSITION
ABSTRACT. Situated in the emerging social movement context of Ohio’s shale energy opposition, this article considers how women’s motives for grassroots environmental engagement simultaneously reflect and direct ongoing transitions in gendered expectations and identities. Drawing on in-depth ethnogra..