OBJECTIVE The present study represents an intersection between cross-cultural theorizing and teminist scholarship. It is an attempt to provoke as well as augment prevailing biomedical models that esteem fear of fatness as the primary motivation for voluntary starvation in anorexic women. METHOD Recent studies of eating disturbance in both Eastern and Western societies are invoked to demonstra...

In 2003 Mozambique’s parliament approved a new legal code that proposes a “Western” view of family and gender roles. These changes question the social organization and the symbolic views of gender in Mozambique. We show how men are reconstructing their identities when caught between tradition and male dominance and the Westernized values of the modern equalitarian family. We analyze change at t...

Much work has been done in recent years on formative assessment and the importance of using feedback loops to close the gap between actual and desired student performance. In this paper, I suggest that as the formative assessment movement expands beyond its Western base, the experience of the English language teaching profession has some useful insights to offer. The profession has had long exp...

This study considers the role of epistemic turning points in the historiography of sexuality. Disentangling the historical complexity of "scientia sexualis," I argue that the late 19th century and the mid-20th century constitute two critical epistemic junctures in the genealogy of sexual liberation, as the notion of free love slowly gave way to the idea of sexual freedom in modern western socie...

BACKGROUND Prevalence rates of child maltreatment (CM) can differ substantially between countries and ethnicities. Reasons, however, are complex and not sufficiently understood. METHOD This epidemiological study examined prevalence and risk factors of various types of CM in a population-based representative sample of native and immigrant adolescents in Switzerland (N = 6,787). RESULTS The p...

ARHA110 Introduction to Western Art: Renaissance to Modern This course surveys the development of Western art from the Renaissance through the modern period. We will examine art's changing status within specific social and artistic contexts: from the Church and court of the Renaissance, through the formation of art academies in late 16th century, to the development of an increasingly individual...

Abstract In recent decades, increased attention has been given to the hierarchical nature and intrinsic power dynamics of CSO capacity building programs. a global context, international donors tend design implement programs, which then prioritize donors’ objectives employ Western concepts in Global South. This research note aims reframe around inclusive equal partnerships centered on civil soci...

Abstract The concept of transculturalism has often been used to describe the increasingly complicated interactions between different cultures under circumstances globalization. It is also widely in international communication and intercultural studies China, translated into Chinese concepts such as “跨文化” “超越文化” “转文化.” How can we better understand meaning this academic contexts? This paper disco...

This article is focused on the appeal of far-right populist politics in everyday and how this related to continuity change global order. Contemporary societies have witnessed an upsurge movements groups set filling a political space by appealing population search solutions ever-changing economic landscape. Here, we specifically highlight role ontological insecurity, fantasy narratives, emotiona...