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‘ … How am I going to pass this “audition”?’ Shame and respectability among Ethiopian adolescent girls – dialogue with an invitation to expand occupational aspirations

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ABSTRACT The responsiveness of at-risk adolescent Ethiopian girls to the contents of a workshop promoting their occupational aspirations was found to be related to their belief in their ability to… Click to show full abstract

ABSTRACT The responsiveness of at-risk adolescent Ethiopian girls to the contents of a workshop promoting their occupational aspirations was found to be related to their belief in their ability to negotiate the unwelcome ethno-racial gaze of Israeli society. This belief is closely tied to the way they perceive and experience their ethno-racial blackness – as a burden or as a resource. Based on the field research, the article discusses the two responses to the workshop and suggests a framework informed by FemCRT as a possible approach to overcoming the shortcomings of the workshop described.

Keywords: going pass; pass audition; respectability among; occupational aspirations; shame respectability; audition shame

Journal Title: Gender and Education
Year Published: 2019

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