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   Articles with "respectability" as a keyword



“There is Always Food in the Freezer”. Negotiations of Respectability, Health and Food Among Women in Disadvantaged Conditions

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research"

DOI: 10.1080/08038740.2025.2522226

Abstract: ABSTRACT Drawing on qualitative in-depth interviews with 15 women living in low-income households in Denmark, this article explores how disadvantaged women discursively negotiate their own respectability in conditions that do not allow them to keep… read more here.

Keywords: always food; food; food freezer; respectability ... See more keywords

Reimagining the historically Black college and university (HBCU) environment: exposing race secrets and the binding chains of respectability and othermothering

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education"

DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2017.1350297

Abstract: Abstract This article investigates how the intersections of gender, race, policy, and student differences at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) can impact student experience. Such an environment can displace and penalize those who do… read more here.

Keywords: respectability othermothering; respectability; historically black; race ... See more keywords

Respectability and rights. Sexual and reproductive health and rights of Sri Lankan women formerly involved in prostitution

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Contemporary South Asia"

DOI: 10.1080/09584935.2019.1667301

Abstract: ABSTRACT Women in prostitution are often disrespected and subject to health risks. The aim of this study is to explore how women formerly engaged in prostitution in Sri Lanka position themselves in relation to gendered… read more here.

Keywords: women formerly; prostitution; reproductive health; respectability ... See more keywords

Biblical Studies, Queer Affect, and the Politics of Respectability

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Biblical Theology Bulletin"

DOI: 10.1177/01461079241274132

Abstract: This essay uses autobiographical, queer, and affective criticism to consider the implications of respectability politics for openly gay white men in biblical studies. Several anecdotes are narrated as a way of engaging the role of… read more here.

Keywords: biblical studies; queer affect; politics; studies queer ... See more keywords

Strategies of passing: Hypervisible bodies, disrespectable affinities, and Syrian trans refugees in Lebanon

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Sexualities"

DOI: 10.1177/13634607241262147

Abstract: In today’s Lebanon, Syrian trans refugees face intersecting systems of violence that position them as hypervisible ‘deviants’ in multiple ways: as refugees without formal legal residency, as trans individuals without congruent gender markers, and as… read more here.

Keywords: disrespectable affinities; passing hypervisible; strategies passing; respectability ... See more keywords