Cynthia Mahabir
Biographic Data
| ID | 1602795 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cynthia Mahabir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cynthia |
| FAMILY NAME | Mahabir |
| SIGNATURE | MAHABIR C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Laney College, Oakland, CA, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sociology Faculty Members Employed Part-time in Community Colleges
The large majority of faculty members teaching in community colleges are employed on a part-time basis, yet little is known about their working conditions and professional engagement. This article uses data from a recent national survey of faculty members teaching sociology in community colleges to provide this information, with particular attention to the different situations of those teaching full-time, part-time by choice, and part-time involu…
Adjudicating Pluralism
In 1994, fundamentalist Muslim Islamists in the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago organized a campaign to institutionalize the wearing of the traditional Muslim headscarf – the hijab – in nonIslamic schools. A lawsuit was brought on behalf of an 11 year old Muslim schoolgirl who had been told that she would not be allowed to wear the hijab while attending the Catholic run but state supported Holy Name Convent school. The ‘ hijab case…
The rise of calypso feminism
The sky is the limitWe rising, we rising, we woman rising,(Easlyn Orr, cited in Ottley 1992, p. 154)In February 1999, two women of Afro-Caribbean ancestry won their respective societies' highest musical honours. On 14 February, Singing Sandra was crowned Trinidad-Tobago's Calypso Monarch 1999 - the second woman ever to win this coveted title, a full twenty-one years after the country's first woman calypso monarch, Calypso Rose. Two weeks later in…
Rape Prosecution, Culture, and Inequality in Postcolonial Grenada
Wit and popular music
Calypso is an art form that laughs at pain. That's the way we deal with our blues. We begin to heal ourselves immediately, through our culture and our music.' (David Rudder, Trinidad, New York Times, 31 March 1991)When you see me laughin', I'm laughin' to keep from cryin', but the laughter of these songs, implicit or overt, as often as not absorbs the tears.' (Langston Hughes 1966, p. 97
The rise of calypso feminism
The sky is the limitWe rising, we rising, we woman rising,(Easlyn Orr, cited in Ottley 1992, p. 154)In February 1999, two women of Afro-Caribbean ancestry won their respective societies' highest musical honours. On 14 February, Singing Sandra was crowned Trinidad-Tobago's Calypso Monarch 1999 - the second woman ever to win this coveted title, a full twenty-one years after the country's first woman calypso monarch, Calypso Rose. Two weeks later in…
Sociology Faculty Members Employed Part-time in Community Colleges
The large majority of faculty members teaching in community colleges are employed on a part-time basis, yet little is known about their working conditions and professional engagement. This article uses data from a recent national survey of faculty members teaching sociology in community colleges to provide this information, with particular attention to the different situations of those teaching full-time, part-time by choice, and part-time involu…
Wit and popular music
Calypso is an art form that laughs at pain. That's the way we deal with our blues. We begin to heal ourselves immediately, through our culture and our music.' (David Rudder, Trinidad, New York Times, 31 March 1991)When you see me laughin', I'm laughin' to keep from cryin', but the laughter of these songs, implicit or overt, as often as not absorbs the tears.' (Langston Hughes 1966, p. 97
Adjudicating Pluralism
In 1994, fundamentalist Muslim Islamists in the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago organized a campaign to institutionalize the wearing of the traditional Muslim headscarf – the hijab – in nonIslamic schools. A lawsuit was brought on behalf of an 11 year old Muslim schoolgirl who had been told that she would not be allowed to wear the hijab while attending the Catholic run but state supported Holy Name Convent school. The ‘ hijab case…
Rape Prosecution, Culture, and Inequality in Postcolonial Grenada
Rape Prosecution, Culture, and Inequality in Postcolonial Grenada
Wit and popular music
Calypso is an art form that laughs at pain. That's the way we deal with our blues. We begin to heal ourselves immediately, through our culture and our music.' (David Rudder, Trinidad, New York Times, 31 March 1991)When you see me laughin', I'm laughin' to keep from cryin', but the laughter of these songs, implicit or overt, as often as not absorbs the tears.' (Langston Hughes 1966, p. 97
The rise of calypso feminism
The sky is the limitWe rising, we rising, we woman rising,(Easlyn Orr, cited in Ottley 1992, p. 154)In February 1999, two women of Afro-Caribbean ancestry won their respective societies' highest musical honours. On 14 February, Singing Sandra was crowned Trinidad-Tobago's Calypso Monarch 1999 - the second woman ever to win this coveted title, a full twenty-one years after the country's first woman calypso monarch, Calypso Rose. Two weeks later in…
Adjudicating Pluralism
In 1994, fundamentalist Muslim Islamists in the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago organized a campaign to institutionalize the wearing of the traditional Muslim headscarf – the hijab – in nonIslamic schools. A lawsuit was brought on behalf of an 11 year old Muslim schoolgirl who had been told that she would not be allowed to wear the hijab while attending the Catholic run but state supported Holy Name Convent school. The ‘ hijab case…
Sociology Faculty Members Employed Part-time in Community Colleges
The large majority of faculty members teaching in community colleges are employed on a part-time basis, yet little is known about their working conditions and professional engagement. This article uses data from a recent national survey of faculty members teaching sociology in community colleges to provide this information, with particular attention to the different situations of those teaching full-time, part-time by choice, and part-time involu…
Caribbean history, culture, and politics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works)