Gay Cinema and Gay Culture: Select Bibliography

Atkins, Gary (2003). Gay Seattle: stories of exile and belonging. University of Washington Press. pp. 62–. ISBN 9780295982984. Cohen, Steven (2005). Incongruous entertainment: camp, cultural value, and the MGM musical. Duke University Press. p. 12. ISBN 0822387077. Haggerty, George E. (2000). Gay histories and cultures: an encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 158. ISBN 9780815318804. Paulson, […]

Film Theory: Bourdieu, Pierre–French Philosopher and Sociologist

The sociologist must engage in a “sociology of sociology” so as not to unwittingly attribute to the object of observation the characteristics of the subject.

Books: Khaled Hosseini

Bio © UNHCR Brian Sokol                   Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat in the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and history at a high school in Kabul. In 1976, the Foreign Ministry relocated the Hosseini family […]

100 Books: Texts That Influenced My Thinking–Boys in White

Boys in White  Paperback Jan. 1976 Review “Boys in White was the first major sociological study reporting the actual educational experience had at medical school, not as it should be or as the American Association of Medical Schools portrayed education at medical schools. Participant observation by Howard S. Becker and Blanche Geer provided insights that […]

Oscar Movies: Raging Bull, The Making of Scorsese’s 1980 Oscar Winner

Raging Bull: The Making of Scorsese’s 1980 Oscar Winner