Maura Finkelstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 103181 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maura Finkelstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maura |
| FAMILY NAME | Finkelstein |
| SIGNATURE | FINKELSTEIN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | independent scholar |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-8125-7106 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Work Cannot Save Us but Let's Still Try
Equine therapy is a highly adaptable form of therapy, which has been shown to benefit people living with physical, cognitive, and emotional challenges and disabilities. At an equine therapy program in Eastern Pennsylvania, which I call "True Hearts," children and adults with documented disabilities learn to ride horses as a tool for sharpening neurological functioning in cognition, body movement, organization, and attention levels to strengthen t…
Where language does not live
Daughters of Parvati
The Art of Therapeutic Horsemanship
This article questions the idea of "equine therapy" and explores the communication occurring between horses and humans in the equine therapy encounter. The choreography performed by horses, riders, as well as the staff and volunteers who facilitate lessons often appears to simply happen, with human-horse partnerships occluding the layers of trust and collaboration that go into the functioning of an equine therapy facility. I argue that horsemansh…
May Your Classroom Be a Sea Change
Ghosts in the Gallery
At the turn of the 20th century, rural labor migrants began moving to the Indian city of Mumbai, sleeping in tenement buildings known as chawls and working around the clock at the city's many textile mills. The mill lands made Mumbai, transforming a fishing village into a bustling port city. But when the economy shifted in the 1950s, followed by massive mill closings and layoffs in the 1980s, this enclave of industrial workers began to fall apart…
Beyond Prostitution
Book Review| January 01 2017 Beyond Prostitution: Sexual Commerce as Precarity and Possibility in Mumbai, India Street Corner Secrets: Sex, Work, and Migration in the City of Mumbai. Shah, Svati P.. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014. xvii + 280 pp. Maura Finkelstein Maura Finkelstein Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (2017) 23 (1): 154–156. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-3672485 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share…
Landscapes of Invisibility
Based on fieldwork conducted in the mill lands of Mumbai, India, this article investigates how deindustrialization shapes contemporary textile mill workers' identities. The centrality of textile manufacturing in Mumbai once made employment in the mills meaningful work. As mills closed and workers began to lose their jobs, the narrative of deindustrialization emphasized the need to protect the rights of the unemployed and eclipsed the reality that…
The Practice and Politics of Global Fieldwork
Landscapes of Invisibility
Based on fieldwork conducted in the mill lands of Mumbai, India, this article investigates how deindustrialization shapes contemporary textile mill workers' identities. The centrality of textile manufacturing in Mumbai once made employment in the mills meaningful work. As mills closed and workers began to lose their jobs, the narrative of deindustrialization emphasized the need to protect the rights of the unemployed and eclipsed the reality that…
The Art of Therapeutic Horsemanship
This article questions the idea of "equine therapy" and explores the communication occurring between horses and humans in the equine therapy encounter. The choreography performed by horses, riders, as well as the staff and volunteers who facilitate lessons often appears to simply happen, with human-horse partnerships occluding the layers of trust and collaboration that go into the functioning of an equine therapy facility. I argue that horsemansh…
May Your Classroom Be a Sea Change
Ghosts in the Gallery
At the turn of the 20th century, rural labor migrants began moving to the Indian city of Mumbai, sleeping in tenement buildings known as chawls and working around the clock at the city's many textile mills. The mill lands made Mumbai, transforming a fishing village into a bustling port city. But when the economy shifted in the 1950s, followed by massive mill closings and layoffs in the 1980s, this enclave of industrial workers began to fall apart…
The Practice and Politics of Global Fieldwork
Landscapes of Invisibility
Based on fieldwork conducted in the mill lands of Mumbai, India, this article investigates how deindustrialization shapes contemporary textile mill workers' identities. The centrality of textile manufacturing in Mumbai once made employment in the mills meaningful work. As mills closed and workers began to lose their jobs, the narrative of deindustrialization emphasized the need to protect the rights of the unemployed and eclipsed the reality that…
Beyond Prostitution
Book Review| January 01 2017 Beyond Prostitution: Sexual Commerce as Precarity and Possibility in Mumbai, India Street Corner Secrets: Sex, Work, and Migration in the City of Mumbai. Shah, Svati P.. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014. xvii + 280 pp. Maura Finkelstein Maura Finkelstein Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google GLQ (2017) 23 (1): 154–156. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-3672485 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share…
Ghosts in the Gallery
At the turn of the 20th century, rural labor migrants began moving to the Indian city of Mumbai, sleeping in tenement buildings known as chawls and working around the clock at the city's many textile mills. The mill lands made Mumbai, transforming a fishing village into a bustling port city. But when the economy shifted in the 1950s, followed by massive mill closings and layoffs in the 1980s, this enclave of industrial workers began to fall apart…
May Your Classroom Be a Sea Change
The Art of Therapeutic Horsemanship
This article questions the idea of "equine therapy" and explores the communication occurring between horses and humans in the equine therapy encounter. The choreography performed by horses, riders, as well as the staff and volunteers who facilitate lessons often appears to simply happen, with human-horse partnerships occluding the layers of trust and collaboration that go into the functioning of an equine therapy facility. I argue that horsemansh…
Daughters of Parvati
Work Cannot Save Us but Let's Still Try
Equine therapy is a highly adaptable form of therapy, which has been shown to benefit people living with physical, cognitive, and emotional challenges and disabilities. At an equine therapy program in Eastern Pennsylvania, which I call "True Hearts," children and adults with documented disabilities learn to ride horses as a tool for sharpening neurological functioning in cognition, body movement, organization, and attention levels to strengthen t…
Where language does not live
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