Tag Archives: Gender

Women, Work, and the City

Posted on March 14, 1993 by Steve Weiss

Katharine Bartlett discusses gender and American legal culture. Susan Porter Benson discusses her book, Counter Cultures: Saleswomen, Managers, and Customers in American Department Stores 1890-1940. 650 – Women, Work, and the City

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Elizabeth and Company

Posted on October 11, 1992 by Steve Weiss

A discussion of gender, political power, and public artistry in Renaissance England. 628 – Elizabeth and Company

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Storied Bodies

Posted on June 14, 1992 by Steve Weiss

Peter Brooks discusses Storied Bodies, his new book about the human body and literary narrative. Eve Sedgwick talks about gender and literature. 611 – Storied Bodies

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Rethinking Roman History

Posted on December 1, 1991 by Steve Weiss

A discussion of new perspectives on scholarship about gender and domestic life in early Roman culture. 583 – Rethinking Roman History

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Gendermania

Posted on October 20, 1991 by Steve Weiss

A discussion of male and female power, sex roles, political institutions, and the imagination in utopian fiction. 577 – Gendermania

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Peaceable Kingdoms

Posted on August 11, 1991 by Steve Weiss

Carol Adams discusses her book, The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (Crossroads/Continuum Press). Joseph Gerson talks about his book, The Sun Never Sets: Confronting the Network of Foreign U. S. Military Bases (South End Press). 567 – … Continue reading →

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Powerful Language

Posted on July 17, 1991 by Steve Weiss

Dennis Baron discusses language, gender, and ethnicity. Noam Chomsky discusses linguistics, artificial intelligence, and the ideological dimensions of language. 563 – Powerful Language

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Engendered States

Posted on March 24, 1991 by Steve Weiss

Anna Clark discusses the sexual politics of London during the early 19th-century. Sarah Hanley discusses family formation and state building in early modern France. 547 – Engendered States

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Changing Political Bodies

Posted on November 4, 1990 by Steve Weiss

Thomas Pavel discusses the political collapse of communism in central and eastern Europe. At the time of this interview, he was professor of comparative literature at Princeton University. In the second segment [at 13:20], Thomas Laqueur discusses changing notions of … Continue reading →

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Gender, Bombs, and Justice

Posted on July 29, 1990 by Steve Weiss

Jane Flax and Carol Cohn appear on Soundings courtesy of the Duke University Women’s Studies Program. Carol Cohn discusses gender, language, and nuclear strategy. Jane Flax discusses gender, and social justice in the United States. 513 – Gender, Bombs, and … Continue reading →

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