ARTICLES Sociology o Sport Journal, 1998, 15, 1-20 f O 1998 Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc. "Disciplining the Body": HIV-Positive Male Athletes, Media Surveillance,and the Policing of Sexuality Shari Lee Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs University of Southern California This paper analyzes how mainstream print media polices sexuality through framings of HIV-positive male athletes. We analyze the HN-positive announcements of Magic Johnson, Greg Louganis, and Tommy Morrison. Specifically, we discuss
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It has been argued that most of the crucial political and ideological battles of the Cultural Revolution were fought over the issue of the nature of social class structure in post-revolutionary China. What does the Cultural Revolution teach us about class structure and struggle under socialism? The Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution[1] was a political and ideological struggle spanning the decade from 1966-1976. More implicitly, it was a struggle spurned into motion by Mao Zedong to reinstitute
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Stereotypes against minorities through film Introduction: Stereotyping against minorities had been an issue since the 20th century and since then the minorities had been protesting against the discrimination and inequality in entertainment industries. This includes the discrimination in vote, ownership, basic human rights and social rights which led to the stride of the minorities to protest for the equal rights living in a country. For example in America, the black Americans were hunted and lynched
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ability to represent themselves in court against such claims (Staples). Alongside such legislation, the US Supreme Court has acted unashamedly against the lawful rights of blacks and other ethnic groups until the 1950s (Chaney). Throughout the Jim Crow era, the criminal justice system allowed laws that in practice disproportionately targeted blacks, such as homelessness laws that criminalized black men if “caught” unemployed. Other ethnic groups have not by any means
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members of a white ruling class dressed in white linen lounge on the edge of a cricket field, sipping cocktails served up by dark-skinned natives. Indeed, most of the literature on colonialism explores the history of the plantation colonies of that era. Instead of casting colonialism and settler colonialism as antithetical categories, however, settler colonialism could be considered one variant of colonialism. In that case, what are colonialism’s other forms? There seem to be many. Taking my cue
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allows the judicial and legislative branch to be transparent and able to be holding each other accountable. Many would argue that the charter has given court’s infinite powers and they control the legislative branch. However the courts perform a policing function for legislations to see if they violate the master law, the Charter. Therefore if the legislation branch does their “first order Charter duties” properly, which is charter proofing their laws, they will not go for review with the Supreme
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The following essay will discuss and outline the issues facing minority ethnic groups when they report being victims of crime. The way that I intend on finding this information is by reading a range of different book and journals. Racism play a major part within today's society, to be racist means that your treating another human unequally as they belong to a different race or culture. To treat people unfairly just because of their race is very much illegal. Studies' conducted in Italy, Europe
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This was a significant era in the development of the offence. In two leading cases the identification doctrine was recognized to be applicable to companies accused of manslaughter. Indeed, in Attorney General’s Reference (No.2 of 1999) it was said that, ‘the identification
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A Call for Further Research: Afro-Chinese Marriages in 20th Century Cuba Katie Wang UCLA Professor Wright-Dixon I. Introduction Coalitions through marriage is a long understood concept. Kingdom alliances through marriages are ones that first come to mind. Often fictional portrayals of real pressures for pressures to gain resources or military alliance for a capital or imperial need involve young princes and princesses who are forced to marry. However, in a nonfictional example for this
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Functionalism, strain and Subcultural theories Durkheim’s functionalist theory Functionalism – society based on value consensus. Members of society sharing common culture. In order to achieve this, two things needed: - Socialisation – helps ensure individuals share the same norms and values. Shows the way to act. - Social control – rewards for conformity and punishment for deviance. Controls behaviour. Inevitability of crime – functionalists see crime as inevitable and universal. Every
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