Fall 2013
Volume: 12 | Number: 4
Framing Social Movements Through Documentary Films
Sociologist John A. Stover III highlights the significant impact documentary filmmakers can have on social movement agendas and frames via their production, distribution, and outreach strategies. New Day Films, a cooperative collective of social issue filmmakers, is spotlighted as particularly effective in promoting social change and justice. Read More
Tiger Girls On The Soccer Field
Scholar Hilary Levey Friedman investigates how parental decisions result in different classed forms of femininity for girls who learn to be either “graceful girls” through dance, “aggressive girls” through soccer, or “pink warrior girls” through chess. She finds that parents higher up in the hierarchy of the middle class promote a more aggressive femininity, and we see this with both soccer and chess. Read More
Tiger Moms vs. Real Moms
Youjin OhToday, it seems like the only way to raise successful, accomplished, well-behaved children is through extreme parenting. Yale … Read More
Do fences make the best neighbors?
Do fences make the best neighbors? In our cover story, Zaire Dinzey-Flores takes us to Puerto Rico, where the island’s gated communities sort and segregate … Read More
