ambitious in its reach. But the repeated references to stereotypes, humor, and satire as a “weapon of reason,” beg a viewer to question the ability of this satire to indeed critique established norms and institutionalized discrimination. When we laugh at Sam
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experiences to a communicable level and, concurrently, the “voice of the Other” might become obscured beneath genre conventions, stereotypes, and fantasies. 15 Conversely, narratives of travel often function as an occasion for the incorporation of the strange
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predictable stereotypes (an unnecessarily loud jaguar roaring in the Brazilian jungle), these are represented in three small and rather informative galleries depicting the life encountered by migrants in Argentina, Brazil, and the United States. At the end of
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Autonomous Driving and the Transformation of Car Cultures
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self-driving cars still function as prostheses of male identity? Could autonomous automobility even degender the driver? Or will hegemonic masculinity merely be reconfigured in future mobility cultures? As history teaches us, gender stereotypes are
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political impact of colonial stereotypes and racist representations. Though it does not rewrite the story, the book reflects current research in the field, adds interesting new detail to existing knowledge, and explores hitherto neglected materials and
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bodies of three female passengers, matching the stereotype of the modern female worker (the Esthercita ). Although smart, their clothes are similar; even “the quality of the rouge in their lips” seems to be the same. After describing their hats, Amorín
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Citizenship and Belonging among Former Burundian Refugees in Tanzania
Patricia Daley, Ng’wanza Kamata, and Leiyo Singo
widespread intermarriage among ethnic groups, and the lack of public discourse on ethnicity, even though ethnic stereotypes pervade social and cultural life, but, in most cases, are articulated as utani (jokes). People’s areas of origin and names might
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of doing heterosexual masculinity and pleasure. In this stereotyped framework, women become constructed as practicing a rational femininity as opposed, or even as a threat, to this type of male sociality and pleasure. 22 The following analysis will
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Gendered and Racial Dimensions of Future Concept Cars
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, such as image taking, are highlighted when the female protagonist is in the vehicle, confirming gendered notions of communicating being feminine. 44 While Hiro’s stereotypical masculinity was briefly threatened in the exposure of his prolonged gaze on
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eighteenth centuries, which was considered an activity of self-improvement), while the latter drew on popular fictional tales and stereotypes. These middlebrow concerns were often expressed in the distinction between the “tourist” and the “traveler.” As