Spring 2012
Volume 11, Issue 2
This issue explores surrogate mothers in India, bodily perfection in Latin dance, and the impact of IRBs on sexuality research. Spring 2012 also features viewpoints on Occupy Wall Street, challenges myths about islamic terrorism and prisons, and shows how two intellectuals have fundamentally changed altered how Americans see the nation.
Features
Understanding “Occupy”
Leading social analysts offer their views of the Occupy Wall Street movement—and its offshoots.
India’s Reproductive Assembly Line
Why working class women in India choose to become surrogate mothers.
Can’t Ask, Can’t Tell: How Institutional Review Boards Keep Sex in the Closet
IRBs pose difficult challenges for sexuality researchers.
U.S. Prisons and the Myth of Islamic Terrorism
Contrary to popular belief, prisons don’t breed terrorists.
How Rachel Carson and Michael Harrington Changed the World
What we’ve learned from two intellectuals who fundamentally altered how Americans see the nation.
Dancing the Body Beautiful
In the world of Latin dance, bodily perfection takes center stage.
Departments
From the Editors
Intimate Inequalities
In Brief
Counting Race
Taking the Blame for Climate Change
Class Struggle in the USA
Diagnosing Everyone
Too Many Friends
It Takes a Care Village
Q&A
A Feminist’s Work is Never Done
Jargon
Crowdsourcing
Mediations
The Real Help
Sexualizing Girl Troubles
In Pictures
Guantanamo Bay
Trends
Surf’s Up
Mounting Opposition to Vivisection
Books
Thinking in Context
What They’re Reading
Ubiquitous Spirituality
Pedagogies
Documenting Disaster After Katrina
Unplugged
Got Power?
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