Category Archives: Anthropology

The Nail that Sticks Out Gets Hammered In

Just as disability and race are not exclusively personal issues but also political and social ones, weighted and shaped by entrenched discrimination and exclusion, these stories give insight to the diverse and sometimes intersectional experiences that come under the somewhat

The Nail that Sticks Out Gets Hammered In

Just as disability and race are not exclusively personal issues but also political and social ones, weighted and shaped by entrenched discrimination and exclusion, these stories give insight to the diverse and sometimes intersectional experiences that come under the somewhat

Fabricated Love

  Stephanie Wood’s Fake is a deeply disturbing and very candid account of her romantic relationship with Joe, a retired architect who now leads the ‘simple life’ alongside his loyal kelpie – or so she initially thinks. At a glance,

Fabricated Love

  Stephanie Wood’s Fake is a deeply disturbing and very candid account of her romantic relationship with Joe, a retired architect who now leads the ‘simple life’ alongside his loyal kelpie – or so she initially thinks. At a glance,

They Told Us to Move

It is not easy to avoid comparing They Told Us to Move to last year’s breakout success, This is What Inequality Looks Like. In many ways, both books deal with some of the deeper, more difficult questions facing Singaporean society.

They Told Us to Move

It is not easy to avoid comparing They Told Us to Move to last year’s breakout success, This is What Inequality Looks Like. In many ways, both books deal with some of the deeper, more difficult questions facing Singaporean society.

Destination Cambodia

Cambodia. Democratic Kampuchea. Khmer Rouge. Angkor Wat. For more than 30 years, Cambodia has been remembered as the country with a tragic past, or the country that comes with a UNESCO temple site which exists outside of the remembrance of

Destination Cambodia

Cambodia. Democratic Kampuchea. Khmer Rouge. Angkor Wat. For more than 30 years, Cambodia has been remembered as the country with a tragic past, or the country that comes with a UNESCO temple site which exists outside of the remembrance of

BDSM goes to college, but doesn’t enrol in Camille Paglia’s class

No longer only the province of psychiatrists and pornographers, BDSM (Bondage and Discipline/Domination and Submission/Sadomasochism) is a burgeoning subject for sexuality studies. This interest is warranted. Sadomasochism is deeply ingrained culturally, with binary-gendered character types deriving from early twentieth-century sexological

BDSM goes to college, but doesn’t enrol in Camille Paglia’s class

No longer only the province of psychiatrists and pornographers, BDSM (Bondage and Discipline/Domination and Submission/Sadomasochism) is a burgeoning subject for sexuality studies. This interest is warranted. Sadomasochism is deeply ingrained culturally, with binary-gendered character types deriving from early twentieth-century sexological

The “Chinese-ness” of Chinese food

From cheung fan to spring rolls, chow mien to Hokkien mee, Chinese Food and Foodways in Southeast Asia and Beyond explores the myriad paths and trajectories that Chinese food has taken in diaspora, and in doing so, shaped the indigenous

The “Chinese-ness” of Chinese food

From cheung fan to spring rolls, chow mien to Hokkien mee, Chinese Food and Foodways in Southeast Asia and Beyond explores the myriad paths and trajectories that Chinese food has taken in diaspora, and in doing so, shaped the indigenous