The Real Humanities Crisis
Important questions about what is really causing the so-called humanities “crisis” in the New York Times. Or rather, it [our economic system] has a great deal to offer but only for a privileged elite (the cultural parallel to our economic upper class) who...A Muslimah’s Guide to Rocking the World
A manifesto over on Muslimah Media Watch on social justice, faith and football to name just a few! And a word on action in academia: Academia can carry a sometimes arrogant, inaccessible mystique about it. It may, in fact, be occasionally tempting to undermine the...
Fall Day in Estes Park
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Listening to the train barrier warning bells, the lights flashing, but it’s the St. Vrain rushing by…
Listening to the train barrier warning bells, the lights flashing, but it's the St. Vrain rushing by this time! Haunting. #stvrainflood #boulderflood ?This was posted on Google+Book
Violence and Gender in the "New" Europe: Islam in German Culture
"Weber's study undertakes a much-needed comprehensive investigation of the contemporary 'regime of gender violence,' that is, the key role violence has played in defining the position of Muslims in the German public sphere (in the larger European context). Through nuanced theorizing as well as careful historical contextualization, Weber develops an intersectional framework for analyzing gendered violence in a way that does not reinforce racialized discourses of cultural and/or religious difference." [more...]
Palgrave Macmillan, January 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-00708-7, ISBN10: 1-137-00708-7
252 pages.