Brooke Bocast
Biographic Data
| ID | 92048 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brooke Bocast |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brooke |
| FAMILY NAME | Bocast |
| SIGNATURE | BOCAST B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Singing gender
In this article, we explore the presentation and contestation of discourses of womanhood in verbal art performance. In Tuscan-Italian Contrasto verbal duels the artists, both males and females, may impersonate female characters as they exchange insults between each other. In doing so, they deploy multiple discourses of womanhood to demonstrate their wit and verbal artistry. As a consequence, they often subvert and contest “appropriate” female beh…
Toward a Bright Future
This article demonstrates how female students in rural Uganda experience education sponsorship in ways that belie international development discourse about girls' empowerment. Since the 1990s, international development organizations have promoted community-based programming alongside efforts to empower individual subjects. I examine the intersection of these trends through the lens of an American nongovernmental organization's (NGO) scholarship p…
Declarations of Promiscuity
This article examines the relationship between "sugar daddyism" and emerging forms of female sociality among young, educated women in urban Uganda. In particular, I demonstrate how the practice of "housing"-wherein one man sponsors an outing for multiple women-fosters new spaces for female friendship. Scholars of African social relations have long noted the centrality of material exchange in establishing and maintaining ties of kinship and politi…
Commentary
Honorable Mention
Declarations of Promiscuity
This article examines the relationship between "sugar daddyism" and emerging forms of female sociality among young, educated women in urban Uganda. In particular, I demonstrate how the practice of "housing"-wherein one man sponsors an outing for multiple women-fosters new spaces for female friendship. Scholars of African social relations have long noted the centrality of material exchange in establishing and maintaining ties of kinship and politi…
Toward a Bright Future
This article demonstrates how female students in rural Uganda experience education sponsorship in ways that belie international development discourse about girls' empowerment. Since the 1990s, international development organizations have promoted community-based programming alongside efforts to empower individual subjects. I examine the intersection of these trends through the lens of an American nongovernmental organization's (NGO) scholarship p…
Honorable Mention
Commentary
Declarations of Promiscuity
This article examines the relationship between "sugar daddyism" and emerging forms of female sociality among young, educated women in urban Uganda. In particular, I demonstrate how the practice of "housing"-wherein one man sponsors an outing for multiple women-fosters new spaces for female friendship. Scholars of African social relations have long noted the centrality of material exchange in establishing and maintaining ties of kinship and politi…
Toward a Bright Future
This article demonstrates how female students in rural Uganda experience education sponsorship in ways that belie international development discourse about girls' empowerment. Since the 1990s, international development organizations have promoted community-based programming alongside efforts to empower individual subjects. I examine the intersection of these trends through the lens of an American nongovernmental organization's (NGO) scholarship p…
Singing gender
In this article, we explore the presentation and contestation of discourses of womanhood in verbal art performance. In Tuscan-Italian Contrasto verbal duels the artists, both males and females, may impersonate female characters as they exchange insults between each other. In doing so, they deploy multiple discourses of womanhood to demonstrate their wit and verbal artistry. As a consequence, they often subvert and contest “appropriate” female beh…
Sociology (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Citation (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art history (1 work)