«Ida Pruitt is an anthropologist at Stanford University who spent two years interviewing Lao T’ai-t’ai about her life in China (1967-1938). Lao T’ai came to Ida Pruitt’s room for breakfast every morning, and although Lao T’ai did not eat, she would...» Summary abstract
«“A subject position is a hard place, we cannot read it ourselves; we are given over to others even as we make inevitable public attempts to read our subject position” (Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak).
Discussion of the complexities of Spivak’s notion...» Summary abstract
«If Horne described Australian society by its “climate so professedly egalitarian” and its “Fair go, mate”, McGregor points out that “it is impossible to live in Australia without coming to realize that the different social classes […] experience...» Summary abstract
«Mass media has undoubtedly become the main medium used to distribute information among the population. The functioning of the mass media is complex and the influence it bares on shaping the audience’s opinions and attitudes colossal, making its...» Summary abstract
«Canada is described as a multicultural society whereby different ethnic
groups live together and try to respect their different cultural background.
Canadian ethnic mosaic includes, in addition to the founding French and British
groups, a large...» Summary abstract
«Foreigners often see Ireland as a deeply Catholic country. Yet when dealing with their traditional customs, the Irish can prove to be very disobedient to the orders of the Church. One of the best examples is probably that of the 'merry wake': the...» Summary abstract
«John Berry, a Canadian social psychologist, has developed a theoretical framework about the psychological concept of acculturation. Two main acculturation processes exist in Cross Cultural Psychology: integration and assimilation. Berry argues that...» Summary abstract
«La dissertation (en anglais) étudie les origines du milieu marseillais et analyse ses activités, ainsi que ses liens avec d'autres organisations criminelles et ses relations avec la société civile et le monde politique, ainsi que les menaces posées...» Summary abstract
«On death and dying, the book written by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross in 1967 has been a turning point in death studies as well as in “patient care”. Having interviewed over 200 terminally-ill patients, she came to the conclusion that dying was a process...» Summary abstract
«Because of the large number of women taking jobs in the war industries during World War II, the governments urged employers in 1942 to voluntarily make “adjustments which equalize wage or salary rates paid to females with the rates paid to males for...» Summary abstract
