Contexts

sociology for the public

Summer 2013

Volume: 12 | Number: 3

This issue explores suburban fight clubs, veterans struggling with mental health, and ex-offenders struggling to re-enter society. Also: viewpoints on charter schools, Linsanity, the rise of the “illegal alien” and marriage equality support among black gays and lesbians.
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Masculinity in Many Forms

Jodi O'Brien and Arlene Stein | From the Editors

Weekend warriors in suburban basements, basketball stars who are also ethnic icons, ex-cons on the streets of New York—masculinity comes in many forms. While we … Read More

Meet Our Department Editors

Contexts Magazine | From the Editors

Viewpoints Syed Ali studies emigration and assimilation, has done fieldwork in Hyderabad, India, New York City, and Dubai, and is the author of Dubai: Gilded … Read More

Don’t Say Gay

Mara Hughes | In Brief

For now, “the love that dare not speak its name” won’t be silenced in Tennessee. Since 2008, Republican Senator Stacey Campfield has been trying to … Read More

The Armstrong Effect

Elizabeth Luth | In Brief

When cyclist Lance Armstrong admitted to doping, he joined a growing list of professional athletes with ruined reputations. But public humiliation is not the end … Read More

The Hug Treatment

Dilara Demir | In Brief

by Cassandra ConlinAt a world economic summit in Cannes in 2011, Barack Obama walked into the room, shaking the … Read More

Food Deserts

Tsai-Yen Han | In Brief

by Shirley CannonSince 2010, First Lady Michelle Obama has led the fight against childhood obesity. In “Let’s Move,” an … Read More

Shaming Obesity

Heather Batson | In Brief

Although many public health experts consider obesity to be among the most serious health challenges in the U.S. and … Read More

Bushels of Misconduct

Lauren Dudzak | In Brief

When ethics violations occur in business, we often hear it is the result of “a few bad apples”—individuals like … Read More

Keeping it in the Family

Joshua Gamson | Q&A

For a while when people asked what I did for work, I’d mumble that I’d gone into the family business. Then I took to calling … Read More

Django Unchained, Voyeurism Unleashed

Moon Charania | Culture

In his latest shock-fest, director Quentin Tarantino cloaks a revenge fantasy in a redemptive slave story and leaves a bad taste in one sociologist's mouth. Read More

About Contexts

Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. We're the public face of sociology.

It is a publication of the American Sociological Association, edited by Amin Ghaziani and Seth Abrutyn (University of British Columbia), with Letta Page.