It should be pointed out that during the presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1989-94), legislative reforms were enacted that had and have a high level of potential impact on black communities. Perhaps the most debated was the reform of Article 27 of the constitution, which established that comm... ->
In spite of having a diminishing percent of population, in absolute terms Afro-Mexicans have undergone an extraordinary demographic recuperation in recent decades. This is a result of the notable contribution of preventive medicine in rural areas, especially vaccination campaigns and eradication of ... ->
Prostitutes embodied the specifically lower-status version of the “woman as disorder” topos. They were accused of causing disorder in their neighborhoods, and the specifics of these accusations go beyond the formulaic “to the nuisance of her neighbors.” (Bloch 1991) Angelo Taylor’s ste... ->
This assumption of privilege that makes the will or consent of the lower-status woman simply irrelevant is clearly reflected in descriptions of rape in literature, from Andreas Capellanus’s recommendation on how to deal with a peasant woman onwards. (Karras 1996) The Old French pastourelle is ... ->
It is not easy to make a proper analysis of the social, political, and cultural issues shaping the world of Afro-Mexicans in the 21-st century. The complexity of the situation includes not only the changing economic, ideological, and national scenario, but also conflicts of ethnically differentiated... ->
Introduction Many versions of comments and debates have been taking place in regard to Islam and Muslims right from their religious radicalism to their stringent laws regarding democracy. As politics of countries around the world takes different dimensions, democracy has taken the world by a whi... ->
Most cases of rape by individuals (as opposed to gangs) in the Middle Ages seem not to have been deliberate attempts at social control or at the demonstration of masculine power over women, but rather served these functions as by-products of an assumed, unquestioned gender and status privilege. Thus... ->
It has been viewed that the players playing video games will never make the mistakes twice. This appraoch can help them in their professional life that they will never make the same mistakes. By this, their professional life will move smoothly and they will be benefited by their officers due to thei... ->
