An interdisciplinary journal of transnational cultural studies

• Doxa at Large

  Opinion essays on current events

  Hijacked by Realism

  In an ordinary afternoon, numerous mourners attend the funeral of a well-known upper-middle-class man. The funeral takes place in the cemetery São João Baptista, located in the old neighborhood of Botafogo, in Rio de Janeiro.

  • by Beatriz Jaguaribe
  • in Volume 21, Number 2

• Articles

  Featured from recent journal issues

  “We’re Mexican Too”: Publicity and Status at the International Line

  In Tijuana the “International Line” is not the border per se. Rather, la Línea refers to San Ysidro, the city’s main port of entry between Mexico and the United States, and to the area just south. It refers to the area that borders on the border, where the line forms to cross north.

  • by Rihan Yeh
  • in Volume 21, Number 3

• How to Read the Future: The Yield Curve, Affect, and Financial Prediction

  The future is unknowable. Yet in global financial markets, profits and protection of wealth depend on actions taken under this necessarily uncertain condition. Several decades ago John Maynard Keynes pointed to the modern desire for clear knowledge in economic activity. Statistical data promise certainty.

  • by Caitlin Zaloom
  • in Volume 21, Number 2

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