It is the subscript of David Valentine’s Imagining Transgender – an ethnography of a category that catches the eye and clues us in to the important turn his work takes across its three hundred some odd pages. Unlike other academic works up through the time of this publication (2007) that have tended to align the transgender experience with queer-studies (Feinberg 1997‚ Wilchins 2004) or autobiographical/ “insider” narratives (Boylan 2003/2013; Bornstein 1993)‚ Valentine’s research instead interrogates
Premium Ethnography Transgender Gender
primarily in major cities and states in the South. In the book Jim Crow Laws by Leslie V. Tischauser‚ the author states that “from 1881 to 1964‚ Jim Crow Laws separated Americans by race in 26 states.” The government told the people that “it was codified on local and state levels” and that it was “separate but equal” (Jim Crow Law). They laws prevented blacks and whites from doing daily activities together or being together. According to the article Jim Crow laws on the Gale U.S History website‚
Premium African American Jim Crow laws Race
YEAR 10 Religious Education ORAL Presentation Class Task Topic: “Sects and Cults” A cult is a system of religious veneration and devotion directed towards a particular figure or object. Cults are generally considered to be extremist of false‚ with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian‚ charismatic leader. One example of a cult is Scientology‚ created by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard‚ beginning in 1952 as a successor to his earlier self-help
Premium
their way of living and act as a kind of king. B) The accomplishments of Yaroslav the Wise are: fact that he became ruler of Kiev Rus‚ He hired scribes to translate religious books from Greek to Slavic‚ and under his rule the Russian law was codified‚ and he helped regain territory that had been lost. C) The physical geography may have affect the relationship between the Byzantine Empire and the Kievan Rus because since the where so close there seems as if there might be some territorial
Free Byzantine Empire Roman Empire
engineering plans‚ says Ramamurthy Balasubramaniam from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur. Angulam and its multiples vitasti (12 angulams) and dhanus (108 angulams) find mention in the Indian treatise Arthasastra by Kautilya who codified the metrology that was prevalent around 300 B.C. But the exact value of angulam was derived only in 2008 by Michel Danino‚ the French author who made India his home. Danino who studied the Dolavira settlement — the largest Harappan civilization
Premium India Units of measurement Taj Mahal
The hijras of India are unlike any you might see in any other part of the world. You might have occasionally come across men dressed as women‚ wearing garishly bright makeup. They immediately attract attention to themselves for all the wrong reasons and most often win ridicule. We are really not sure if eunuch‚ transvestite‚ gay or transgender is actually the right term for a hijra as their social mores are very unique and are almost above classification by western terms. One can attempt to
Free Transgender
A constitution is either a written (codified) or unwritten (uncodified) body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state is acknowledged to be governed. Generally‚ a constitution is only written after a major event. In the case of America their constitution was written in 1787‚ after the American Revolutionary War came to a close. There are a number of issues with America’s constitution which make it‚ arguably‚ unfit for the 21st century. The most apparent
Premium United States Constitution Supreme Court of the United States
Cosc 3215 The Impact of Monitoring Employment I wanted to discuss the technology used to monitor employees. Whether it be at the computer/workstation or on the cameras set around the workplace. More and more companies and corporations are implementing monitoring software such as Spector‚ Sonar‚ Spytech‚ and iSafe. All used in order to keep track of employees on what they are looking at‚ what they are working on‚ and how much time they do it. You start to wonder when it becomes too much. Or when
Premium Employment Privacy Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Importance of having written law in the society It is important because rules need to be established in case someone breaks them (and people tend to). If they aren’t written‚ smooth-talkers will be able to talk their way out of punishment while less charismatic people will be punished more severely‚ and some judges will be far kinder than others (warning versus jail term). It is also harder to say "we need to punish domestic crimes more severely" when there is no set rule or punishment. Simply put
Premium Law Common law
A SHORT HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING AND BUSINESS The history of accounting is as old as civilization‚ among the most important professions in economic and cultural development. Accountants invented writing‚ developed money and banking‚ innovated the double entry bookkeeping system that fueled the Italian Renaissance‚ were needed by Industrial Revolution inventors and entrepreneurs for survival‚ helped develop the capital markets necessary for big business so essential for capitalism‚ turned into a profession
Premium Double-entry bookkeeping system Balance sheet Expense