Before we go any further, I need to clarify my conceptual approach to these questions and the ‘disciplinary discourses’ from which they are derived. This is a complex task because of the diversity of disciplinary influences on the study of television (see Miller 2002 for discussion of this fact). Moreover, there is an equally diverse […]
Месяц: Сентябрь 2015
THE MEDIEVAL BACKGROUND
The further back in time we go, the more fragmentary the record becomes. Most of it has been lost, and what survives is often sparse and abbreviated, so that we can gain only intermittent glimpses of the law in action. Yet its general thrust is clear: the principle that illicit sex was a public crime […]
A message to men. .. mostly
It will be tempting to discuss this book with a feminist because that’s probably the person you know who’s most interested in sex roles. But this is like a man bringing a book that questions the Bible to a born-again Christian because that’s the person you know who’s most interested in religion. The person who […]
Am I a men’s liberationist? A feminist? Both? Or neither?
Like everyone else, I prefer to be listened to rather than labeled. But labels do give us a foothold in a complex world. And any movement that has impact develops an identity — or label — in the public mind. So. . . I am a men’s liberal ion ist (or “masculist") when men’s liberation […]
The digital revolution
There is a widespread agreement that we have entered into a third era in television (Ellis 2000). The first era was based on a very small number of networks addressing a relatively undifferentiated, mass audience within national boundaries. The second was an era of expanded ‘choice’, with multichannel systems from the mid-1970s in the USA […]
Issues in Studying Adult Development and Aging
What four main forces shape development? • Development is shaped by four forces. Biological forces include all genetic and health-related factors. Psychological forces include all internal perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and personality factors. Sociocultural forces include interpersonal, societal, cultural, and ethnic factors. Life-cycle forces reflect differences in how the same event or combination of biological, psychological, […]
FUNCTIONAL AND INTENTIONAL SEXISM
Why, then, do Black men occupy a privileged victim status in antiracist discourse? How has this come to pass? The dual effect of intentional sexism and functional sexism provides a partial explanation. Intentional sexism here refers to political or legal efforts within Black liberation movements that are intended to subordinate Black women’s experiences or that […]
Inquiries A Personal History
feminist history calls on us to imagine the world in new ways. It has the power to alter social relations by exposing the undeserved privileges that perpetuate long-standing social inequities. Feminism, Sexuality, and Politics presents my major contributions to rethinking history through the lens of feminist analysis. It explores the origins and strategies of women’s […]
THE GENDERED CONSTRUCTION OF BLACK RACIAL VICTIMHOOD
Heterosexual Black men occupy a privileged victim status in antiracist discourse. This is quite apparent in the antiracist discourse about crime and in antiracist responses to domestic abuse. A central project of antiracist discourse is to reveal the extent to which Black men are victims of "a racist criminal justice system." Given the statistics for […]