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The Politics of Brisket: Jews and The Wire
The Wire generally avoids simple characterisations of heroes and villains in favour of ambiguous, finely drawn characters. Our expectations of characters’ behaviours are constantly challenged and played with. But in this world of complex motivations and contradictory actions, the lawyer Maurice Levy stands out…
Files
Dis-Orienting Rhythms: the politics of the new Asian dance musicThis book writes back the presence of South Asian youth into a rapidly expanding and exuberant music scene; and celebrates this as a dynamic expression of the experience of diaspora with an urgent political consciousness.
Interviews
Mapping Fashion, Cities, Identities and the World Fashion ConquestIn her first solo show, WESSIELING presented ‘Mapping Motifs: An exploratory journey through fashion, cities and identities’ at the AVA Gallery in London. The work comprised six Chinese dresses (qipao); otherwise identical, each dress had the fashionable streets of different fashion metropolises printed on the textile.
Reviews
“To be loved, of course, and to be safe”Review of: Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles, edited and with an introduction by Thomas Glave, Durham & London, Duke University Press, 2008.
Commons
Cyberwar guide for Iran electionsThe purpose of this guide is to help you participate constructively in the Iranian election protests through Twitter.
