Carys Hughes
Biographic Data
| ID | 3845977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carys Hughes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carys |
| FAMILY NAME | Hughes |
| SIGNATURE | HUGHES C |
| AFFILIATIONS | ISNI: 0000000419368868 University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-1397-2859 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1955 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Governing to make us free
Refusals and Reinventions
Review of: Refusals and Reinventions: Engendering New Indigenous and Black Life across the Americas , Daniel Ìgbín’bí Coleman (2024) Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 169 pp., IBSN 978-0-81425-904-7, p/bk, $29.95
“Significant Otherness” versus Othering in Marian Engel’s Bear
This article explores Marian Engel’s portrayal of what Animal Studies scholar Donna J. Haraway terms “significant otherness” (the simultaneous interconnection and mysterious difference between animal and human life/connections) and othering as a form of dismissal and a perpetuation of colonial hierarchies of gendered and racial power. I explore the overlaps of Engel’s othering of Indigenous characters in the novel and the racism present in specie…
The Transformative Potential of Constituent Power
The processes of constitutional change and resultant constitutional models initiated in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador since the late 1990s have been celebrated for offering a democratic form of constitutionalism. The new Latin American constitutionalism promises to resolve the democratic deficit in traditional constitutional theory by institutionalizing spaces for citizen-led constitutional change. However, events in which actors outside the st…
Action Between the Legal and the Illegal
This article develops a theory of ‘a-legal space’ and its utilization as a political–legal strategy. A-legal space refers to initiatives which adopt a quasi-legal or quasi-institutional form, yet with no official legal basis; a disputed legal basis; or exceeding their recognized legal basis. Examples include unauthorized referenda such as the Catalan independence referendum which took place in 2017 and, on a local level, across Catalonia in 2009–…
The Federal Constitution of Switzerland
Action Between the Legal and the Illegal
This article develops a theory of ‘a-legal space’ and its utilization as a political–legal strategy. A-legal space refers to initiatives which adopt a quasi-legal or quasi-institutional form, yet with no official legal basis; a disputed legal basis; or exceeding their recognized legal basis. Examples include unauthorized referenda such as the Catalan independence referendum which took place in 2017 and, on a local level, across Catalonia in 2009–…
The Federal Constitution of Switzerland
Action Between the Legal and the Illegal
This article develops a theory of ‘a-legal space’ and its utilization as a political–legal strategy. A-legal space refers to initiatives which adopt a quasi-legal or quasi-institutional form, yet with no official legal basis; a disputed legal basis; or exceeding their recognized legal basis. Examples include unauthorized referenda such as the Catalan independence referendum which took place in 2017 and, on a local level, across Catalonia in 2009–…
The Transformative Potential of Constituent Power
The processes of constitutional change and resultant constitutional models initiated in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador since the late 1990s have been celebrated for offering a democratic form of constitutionalism. The new Latin American constitutionalism promises to resolve the democratic deficit in traditional constitutional theory by institutionalizing spaces for citizen-led constitutional change. However, events in which actors outside the st…
“Significant Otherness” versus Othering in Marian Engel’s Bear
This article explores Marian Engel’s portrayal of what Animal Studies scholar Donna J. Haraway terms “significant otherness” (the simultaneous interconnection and mysterious difference between animal and human life/connections) and othering as a form of dismissal and a perpetuation of colonial hierarchies of gendered and racial power. I explore the overlaps of Engel’s othering of Indigenous characters in the novel and the racism present in specie…
Refusals and Reinventions
Review of: Refusals and Reinventions: Engendering New Indigenous and Black Life across the Americas , Daniel Ìgbín’bí Coleman (2024) Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, 169 pp., IBSN 978-0-81425-904-7, p/bk, $29.95
Governing to make us free
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (3 works) · History (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Biology (1 works)