J A Allan
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 5696 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | J A Allan |
| NOMBRES | J A |
| APELLIDO | Allan |
| FIRMA | ALLAN J A |
| AFILIACIONES | Brandon University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6702-7214 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 123 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 217 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 121 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 2 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1918 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
Does It Really Matter?” Foreskins and Circumcision in Australian Nudism
In reply to several letters from readers, the editor of Australian Sun & Health, a nudist magazine, asked, “Does it really matter?” This question arose regarding circumcision and the foreskin after multiple contributors voiced their opinions on circumcision in Australia and its relation to nudism. This article examines those letters and the discussions surrounding the penis, foreskin and circumcision at a time when the latter was becoming less pr…
The spectre of docking in circumcision debates
This articles considers the ongoing penile circumcision debates by focusing on the deployment of ‘docking,’ a sexual practice between men. Docking involves pulling one’s foreskin over the glans of another penis. In this article, I consider both “anti” and “pro” circumcision literature and the use of docking in the service of arguments about the procedure. I show that the use of docking can be traced to Daniel M. Harrison’s article “Rethinking Cir…
Expanding enabling places theory through land-based cultural learning with indigenous men
Urban Indigenous men face distinct challenges that effect their wellbeing. • Cultural programming promotes healing but suffers from inconsistent funding and support. • This research combines Indigenous health geographies, Duff’s Enabling Places Model, and a participatory project with an Indigenous men’s group. • Findings expand Duff’s enabling places model with attention to knowledge-place relations. Urban Indigenous men often lack opportunities …
Fathers and sons in Marcos Zimmermann's Desnudos sudamericanos
The male embarrassment
Nudism is a social practice wherein people are naked together. At its core, nudism holds that being naked is not inherently sexual; that is, the naked body is natural and instead is made sexual. What, then, might an erection mean or signify at the nudist resort of camp? What happens if a man has an erection? This article explores discussions of the erection in nudist publications. I show how nudist writings address the fear of erection by holding…
“So come on, folks, join the naturists and learn to love others”
This article considers a previously unstudied textual artifact, a pamphlet called Facts on Nudism, published in Toronto around 1946. It shows how Canadian nudism was part of a transnational movement that circulated by way of textual culture. It demonstrates how this pamphlet set out to correct fantasies and misconceptions about nudism and how it normalized nudism for a skeptical readership. Ultimately, this article actively documents nudist histo…
Reading sociopornographic books
During the 1970s, before the rise of freely accessible hardcore pornographies, there was a brief moment of a few years where books and magazines ostensibly sought to 'teach' about sex, while providing pornographic imagery to curious readers. These books were often marketed as 'educational' and often marketed towards 'married couples', or at the very least, committed couples. In this article, I seek to study these books by framing them as 'sociopo…
Seeking smut
Pornographic magazines are an important cultural and academic resource, but it can be challenging for both scholars and the librarians who support their work to find and access pornographic magazines for research purposes. Here we provide an in-depth examination of the value of pornographic magazines as a research resource, along with an overview of the history of their collection, preservation, and use in libraries and archives. We explore the i…
Preputial phantasies in Lisa Braver Moss’s The Measure of His Grief
Penile circumcision remains a topic that divides people. This article considers Lisa Braver Moss’s novel, The Measure of His Grief , which tells the story of a character who begins to reconsider his own circumcision. Over the course of the novel, Dr Sandy Waldman studies circumcision and the foreskin, as well as anti-circumcision activism and foreskin restoration. This article thus aims to read the novel in light of foreskin restoration and intac…
A qualitative study of refugee men's mental health in non-metropolitan Manitoba
In bringing together literature on masculinity, refugee mental health experiences, and rural and non-metropolitan settings, we identify a gap surrounding the mental health experiences of refugee men in non-metropolitan places, and in non-metropolitan Canada specifically. In this article, we explore how refugee men in non-metropolitan Canada understood mental health; what they perceive to be the most significant barriers to good mental health; and…
Softcore romance
This article seeks to contribute to ongoing debates about whether popular romance novels are pornography or not. I argue that we might reframe the question and instead of focusing on kinds, we might, rather, focus on degrees. For instance, how might scholars of the romance draw upon beefcakes, pin-ups, and softcore in these debates? To these ends, I consider various scenes from several novels in which the hero/male protagonist is naked and argue …
Reading anti‐circumcision activism in Clothed with the Sun
Beginning in the late 1970s and through the 1980s, anti-circumcision activists sought to change minds, particularly in the United States of America, about the practice of routine neonatal circumcision. By around 1980, routine neonatal circumcision rates exceeded 80% of male neonates in the United States of America (Glick, 2005, 4; Morris, 1999, 3; Wallerstein, 1980, 1). These anti-circumcision activists took their arguments to places that seemed …
Reading Foreskin Quarterly
In this article, I set out to study Foreskin Quarterly, which was the Official Publication of the Uncircumcised Society of America (USA). Over the course of its history, it changed editorial hands and publishers hands several times, and with each change the magazine shifted direction that influenced and affected its original goals of foreskin activism. I argue that this magazine braided together pornography and activism in a way that was novel an…
Husbands Are Pregnant, Too”
This article studies pregnancy books that are written largely by men for men and that account for men's roles in pregnancy. Drawing on an analysis of the texts themselves, this study shows recurring themes across these books, which include: Expecting, too! which frames men as having a role in pregnancy beyond fertilization; fatherhood as a rite of passage; Unlike our dads, in which men are taught to be different from their fathers recognizing tha…
Exploring ageing and time as resources in men's mental health experiences
While research on men's mental health is increasing, it has not typically focused on the intersections between ageing, masculinity and mental health in a rural context. Given the significant increase not only in our global ageing population, but also our growing awareness of mental health problems in the general population, understanding men as they grow older in relation to mental health is a notable gap in research. In this paper, the authors e…
Identifying places that foster mental health and well-being among rural men
Circumcision Debates in Sexology Magazine (1934–1975)
This article explores articles about circumcision that appeared in Sexology: Sex Science Magazine, with particular attention to how the debates shifted and changed over a forty-year period. The articles on circumcision in Sexology begin in November 1934 and end in the May 1973 issue, with every decade of publication includes articles on circumcision, corresponding with growing debates about the medicalization of routine neonatal circumcision. The…
I never wanted my children to see their father the way I've seen mine
In this article, we draw together literature on rural masculinities, fatherhood, and mental health to explore how men experiencing mental health problems understand fatherhood. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 24 men who reside in rural southern Manitoba with a focus on mental health and wellness, perceptions of masculinity, support and living well. In this study, it became apparent that fatherhood was a theme that many …
Healing journeys
Mourning and Sentimental Heroism in Maureen Child's Lost in Sensation
Talk about it
Grounded in Culture
Research continues to be a dirty word for many Indigenous people. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a means to disrupt power dynamics by engaging community members within the research process. However, the majority of relationships between researcher and participants within CBPR are structured within Western research paradigms and they often reproduce imbalances of power. The purpose of this article is to reflect on the process of …
The Foreskin Aesthetic or Ugliness Reconsidered
This article argues that to understand the role and place of the foreskin, we must address the aesthetic question that sits at its root. North American media often describe the foreskin as 'ugly,' 'gross,' or pejoratively 'European'; all of which present, fundamentally, an aesthetic comment on what is pleasing. As such, this article investigates the aesthetic discourse surrounding the foreskin in relation to a range of materials that speak at or …
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The lost inches
This article explores the circumcision debates as they unfolded in gay men’s magazines from the 1980s to the new millennium. The article focuses on the ways the debates shifted and changed in the light of health and medicine, notably the HIV/AIDS crisis. Circumcision and the foreskin were hotly debated in gay men’s magazines during this period, and as such they present an important and interesting site of analysis. Articles about circumcision and…
Phallic Affect, or Why Men's Rights Activists Have Feelings
The men's rights movement and its academic offshoot 'New Male Studies' are considered in light of the turn to affect. I argue that affective utterances, 'I feel,' become phallic in the men's rights movement and function in a defensive mode. Unlike the phallus as guarantor of masculinity, which is currently up for debate, the affective utterance cannot be denied-that is, affect is wholly subjective. However, we can, as theorists, ask questions abo…
Masculinity as cruel optimism
Lauren Berlant has argued, ‘cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing’ [2011. Cruel Optimism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, p. 1]. In this paper, I draw on Berlant’s notion of ‘cruel optimism’ and position it alongside the idea of the ‘angry white male’ [Kimmel, 2013. Angry white men: American masculinity at the end of an era. New York, NY: Nation Books]. My contention is to work through the …
Talk about it
Libya
Water in the Environment/Socio-Economic Development Discourse
This paper provides narrative and analytical frameworks for understanding the changing approaches to the valuation, allocation and the management of water resources in the North and the South. The study emphasizes the allocative politics of this important element of environmental capital and its combination with other capitals over the last 50 years. In examining these allocative politics, the role of the concept of sustainability is demonstrated…
Agrarian Revolution
Agrarian Revolution: Social Movements and Export Agriculture in the Underdeveloped World Get access Agrarian Revolution: Social Movements and Export Agriculture in the Underdeveloped World. By Jeffrey M. Paige. New York: Free Press, 1975. London: Collier Macmillan. 1976. 435 pp. £9.50. J. A. Allan J. A. Allan 1School of Oriental and African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affa…
Strategic importance of green water in international crop trade
Virtual water is the volume of water used to produce a commodity or service. Hitherto, most virtual water 'trade' studies have focused on its potential contribution to saving water, especially in water short regions, Very little, however, has been said about the opportunity cost of the associated water. The present research critically evaluates the strategic importance of green water (soil water originating from rainfall) in relation to internati…
Healing journeys
Hydropolitics along the Jordan River
Journal Article Hydropolitics along the Jordan River: scarce water and its impact on the Arab-Israeli conflict Get access Hydropolitics along the Jordan River: scarce water and its impact on the Arab-Israeli conflict. By Aaron T. Wolf. Tokyo: United Nations University Press. 1995. 272pp. Index. $50.00. ISBN 92 808 0859 1. J. A. Allan J. A. Allan 1School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Search for other works by this author on…
The social origins of the modern Middle East
Journal Article The social origins of the modern Middle East Get access The social origins of the modern Middle East. By Haim Gerber. Boulder, Colo.: Rienner: London: Mansell. 1987. 221pp. Index. £26.50. ISBN 0 7201 1844 1. J. A. Allan J. A. Allan 1School of Oriental & African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 64, Issue 2, Spring 1988, Pages 308–309, https://doi.…
Use of Satellite Imagery in Archaeological Surveys
One of the problems faced by archaeologists engaged in field surveys is the need to gain an overall view of a study area together with data on the character of its terrain. Air-photographs have for 50 years or more provided a valuable source of such data but they are often difficult to obtain or too expensive to commission. Satellite imagery has since the early 1970s been available and it is suggested that such imagery together with well tried me…
Grounded in Culture
Research continues to be a dirty word for many Indigenous people. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a means to disrupt power dynamics by engaging community members within the research process. However, the majority of relationships between researcher and participants within CBPR are structured within Western research paradigms and they often reproduce imbalances of power. The purpose of this article is to reflect on the process of …
Are rural Prairie masculinities hegemonic masculinities
Our aim in this article is to provide readers with a critical overview of some of the recent research in psychology, sociology, geography and critical masculinity studies with a focus on rural places and masculinities. We begin our critical review of rural masculinities with a discussion of hegemonic masculinity, a concept well known to theorists of masculinities, before providing an overview of the literature on rural men, which leads into to a …
Virtual water ‘flows’ of the Nile Basin, 1998–2004
Agricultural Price Policies and the Developing Countries
Journal Article Agricultural Price Policies and the Developing Countries Get access Agricultural Price Policies and the Developing Countries. By George S. Tolleyet al. , Baltimore, London: Johns Hopkins University Press for the World Bank. 1982. 242 pp. Index. $32.50. £18.75. J. A. Allan J. A. Allan 1School of Oriental and African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volum…
I never wanted my children to see their father the way I've seen mine
In this article, we draw together literature on rural masculinities, fatherhood, and mental health to explore how men experiencing mental health problems understand fatherhood. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 24 men who reside in rural southern Manitoba with a focus on mental health and wellness, perceptions of masculinity, support and living well. In this study, it became apparent that fatherhood was a theme that many …
The Cambridge Atlas of the Middle East and North Africa
The Sahara
Natural resources as national fantasies
Identifying places that foster mental health and well-being among rural men
Water and the quest for sustainable development in the Ganges Valley
Journal Article Water and the quest for sustainable development in the Ganges Valley Get access Water and the quest for sustainable development in the Ganges Valley. Edited by G.P. Chapmanand M. Thompson. London: Mansell. 1995. 208pp. Index. £45.00. ISBN 0 7201 2191 4. J. A. Allan J. A. Allan 1School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs…
The River Nile
Libya
The Economic Development of the Yemen Arab Republic
Understanding Green Revolutions
Preface Sir Joseph Hutchinson Part I. Understanding Green Revolutions: An Overview: 1. The agricultural revolution in Western Europe David B. Grigg 2. Land reform as a pre-condition for Green Revolution in Latin America Clifford T. Smith 3. Frogs and farmers: the Green Revolution in India, and its murky past Christopher J. Baker 4. Agrarian change and the Merchant State in Tamil Nadu Barbara Harriss Part II. Agrarian Change at Village Level: 5. A…
Sections Along North Saskatchewan River and Red Deer and South Saskatchewan Rivers
East and West of Suez
Journal Article East and West of Suez: The Suez Canal in History 1854–1956, The Suez Contractors and The Suez Canal in Peace and War 1869–1969 Get access East and West of Suez: The Suez Canal in History 1854–1956. By D. A. Farnie. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1969. 860 pp. Bibliog. Index. 168s.The Suez Contractors. By Norman Kipping. Introduction by Sir Richard Hull. Havant, Hants.: Kenneth Mason. 1969. 80 pp. 30s.The Suez Canal in Peace and War 1869…
Agrarian Change and Economic Development
Journal Article Agrarian Change and Economic Development: The Historical Problems, The Role of Agriculture in Economic Development: A Conference of the Universities—National Bureau Committee for Economic Research, Agricultural Development: Planning and Implementation (Israel Case Study), Cooperation and Integration in Agricultural Production: Concepts and Practical Application: An International Synopsis, Population and Food Supply: Essays on Huma…
The Moshav in Israel
Journal Article The Moshav in Israel: A Case Study of Institution-Building for Agricultural Development, Immigration and Social Change. Agricultural Settlement of New Immigrants in Israel and Differentiation and Co-operation in an Israeli Veteran Moshav Get access The Moshav in Israel: A Case Study of Institution-Building for Agricultural Development. By Maxwell I. Klayman. New York, Washington: Praeger; London: Pall Mall. 1970. 371 pp. Bibliog. …
Libya
R. O. Buchanan and Economic Geography
R. O. Buchanan and Economic Geography R. O. Buchanan and Economic Geography. Edited by M. J. Wise and E. M. Rawstron. London: Bell. 1973. 226 pp. Maps. (Bell's Advanced Economic Geographies; Gen. Ed.: R. O. Buchanan.) £4⋅00. J. A. Allan J. A. Allan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 50, Issue 1, January 1974, Page 110, https://doi.org/10.2307/2615243 Published: 01 January 1974
Oxford World Atlas
Journal Article Oxford World Atlas Get access Oxford World Atlas. Geographic Editor: Saul B. Cohen. Prepared by the Cartographic Department of the Clarendon Press. London: Oxford University Press. 1973. 190 pp. Gazetteer. £5⋅75. Paperback: £3⋅25. J. A. Allan J. A. Allan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 50, Issue 1, January 1974, Page 109, https://doi.org/10.2307/2615242 Publish…
Drought in Libya Some Solutions Available to an Oil-Rich Government
Journal Article DROUGHT IN LIBYA SOME SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE TO AN OIL-RICH GOVERNMENT Get access J. A. ALLAN J. A. ALLAN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 73, Issue 291, April 1974, Pages 152–158, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a096462 Published: 01 April 1974
Agricultural Policy in Developing Countries
Journal Article Agricultural Policy in Developing Countries: Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association at Bad Godesberg, West Germany Get access Agricultural Policy in Developing Countries: Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association at Bad Godesberg, West Germany. Edited by Nurul Islam. London, Basingstoke: MacMillan. 1974. 565 pp. Index. £10⋅00. J. A. Allan J. A. Allan Search for o…
Atlas of China
Journal Article Atlas of China Get access Atlas of China. By Chiao-min Hsieh. Edited by Christopher L. Salter. New York, London: McGraw-Hill 1973. 282 pp. Bibliog. Indexes. (McGraw-Hill Atlases; Consulting Ed.: Norman J. Thrower.) $14.95. £6.50. J. A. Allan J. A. Allan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 51, Issue 2, April 1975, Pages 297–298, https://doi.org/10.2307/2617287 Publi…
The Prospects for an Economic Community in North Africa
Journal Article The Prospects for an Economic Community in North Africa: managing economic integration in the Maghreb states Get access The Prospects for an Economic Community in North Africa: managing economic integration in the Maghreb states, by Aberrahman Robana Praeger, New York, 1973. xv+206pp. 39 tables and figs., 1 map, bibliography, index. J. A. ALLAN J. A. ALLAN International Institute for Aerial Survey and Earth SciencesEnschede, Nethe…
Chad
Libya
Libya
Agrarian Revolution
Agrarian Revolution: Social Movements and Export Agriculture in the Underdeveloped World Get access Agrarian Revolution: Social Movements and Export Agriculture in the Underdeveloped World. By Jeffrey M. Paige. New York: Free Press, 1975. London: Collier Macmillan. 1976. 435 pp. £9.50. J. A. Allan J. A. Allan 1School of Oriental and African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affa…
Agricultural Development in Libya After Oil
Journal Article AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN LIBYA AFTER OIL Get access J. A. ALLAN, J. A. ALLAN Dr J. A. Allan is Lecturer in Geography at the School of Oriental and African Studies, with a special interest in water resources and agricultural development. Dr K. S. McLachlan is Lecturer in the Geography of the Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He has been studying and writing about economic change in Libya since 1958 Searc…
The Kufrah Agricultural Schemes
The Libyan government and farmers are determined to expand agricultural production. The private sector, with government assistance, has made maxi? mum use of the limited coastal groundwater resource since oil revenues began to be disbursed to the rural community after 1961. Evidence of the over-use of coastal resources has guided government investment away from the over-developed coast to the investigation and development of remote groundwater su…
Libyen
Journal Article Libyen: Wirtschaftliche und sozial Strukturen und Entwicklung Get access Libyen: Wirtschaftliche und sozial Strukturen und Entwicklung, by Konrad Schliephake. Institut für Afrika-Kunde, Hamburg, 1976. 140pp. 50 tables, 2 maps, bibliography (English summary). DM14.00 (paperback). J. A. ALLAN J. A. ALLAN School of Oriental and African StudiesLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affa…
Land of the Arabs
Journal Article Land of the Arabs Get access Land of the Arabs. By Abdel-Kader Hatem. London: Longman. 1977. 323 pp. £15.00. J. A. Allan J. A. Allan School of Oriental and African Studies Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 4, October 1978, Page 695, https://doi.org/10.2307/2617360 Published: 01 October 1978
The Industrialization of Egypt 1939–1973
Journal Article The Industrialization of Egypt 1939–1973: Policy and Performance Get access The Industrialization of Egypt 1939–1973: Policy and Performance, by Robert Mabro and Samir Radwan. Clarendon Press/OUP, 1976. 279pp. Tables, bibliography, index.£6·75. J. A. ALLAN J. A. ALLAN School of Oriental and African StudiesLondon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 77, Issue 309, October …
Managing Agricultural Resources in Libya
Since the revolution of September 1969 very bold and expensive experiments have been mounted to test the productivity of Libya's soil and water resources. Ten years on it is appropriate to review these experiments in terms of the extension of the irrigated and cultivated area as well as with respect to the impact of such innovations on the renewable natural resources base and the viability of agricultural production in existing or changed economi…
Agriculture in the Third World
Journal Article Agriculture in the Third World: A Spatial Analysis Get access Agriculture in the Third World: A Spatial Analysis. By W. B. Morgan. London: Bell. 1978. 290 pp. £8.75. J. A. Allan J. A. Allan 1School of Oriental and African Studies, London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 55, Issue 1, January 1979, Page 114, https://doi.org/10.2307/2617158 Published: 01 January 19…
Mapping Nigeria's Vegetation from Radar
Geography of Bangladesh
Sir Duncan Cumming , KBE, CB 1903–1979
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