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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Asian Men"”.
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Exploring the influence of Bollywood films on the identity of British second-generation South-Asian men
… film industry on British second-generation South-Asian men. In addition, it also explored how they related to their daily life, identity, culture, and relationships and whether there was any dual identity crisis. Seven, male, second generation participants, aged between 25-36, who watched …
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Attitudes of South Asian men in the UK toward women and their understanding of and justification for domestic violence
… nothing is known about the attitudes of South Asian men in the UK toward women and domestic violence. Issues related to South Asian men and communities have remained largely under the surface due to religious and cultural sensitivity. The aim of the research is to examine the attitudes of South …
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"I'm the same as you" : the experiences of CBT for problem gambling in South Asian men : an interpretative phenomenological analysis
Background/Aims In the United Kingdom (UK), South Asians (SAs) are at a higher risk of developing problem gambling (PG), whilst rates of gambling activity remain the same across the population. Similar findings across other minority groups in Western jurisdictions indicate that culture and ethnic …
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Deslanting the Lens
… historical and sociological implications of how Asian men have been represented in popular American film. From the early days of “yellowface” to caricatures like Long Duck Dong, Asian men have been relegated to perpetual foreigner status in American cinema. This paper will explore why the …
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The Effects of Pregnancy Loss on South Asian Males
<p>The South Asian male experience of pregnancy loss is understudied. The existing studies on men, and international based studies on South Asian men, point out that they are impacted on an emotional and psychological level and in their identity or romantic relationships. No U.S.-based studies were …
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The influence of masculinity on white and south Asian men's help seeking behaviour for chest pain
… is the leading cause of premature death for men in the UK. The mortality rate is almost twice as high for South Asian men living in the UK compared to the rest of the population. There is established evidence that prompt diagnosis and treatment of heart disease significantly reduces morbidity …
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An exploration of the impact of external experiences upon the evolving sense of self.
… that the London Bombings may have had on young Asian men living in London. Method: Ten participants aged between 19 and 32 were interviewed about their experiences in the aftermath of the London Bombings. Semi-structured interviews were employed so that there was some flexibility in the …
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Dietary Soy Protein Isoflavonoid Effects on the Reproductive Tract of the Nonhuman Primate and Neoplastic Human Prostate Gland
… is estimated to be 10 to 60 times lower in Asian men living in their country of origin when compared to African American and Caucasian American men. The precursor lesion of prostate cancer, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, follows a similar epidemiologic pattern, being detected earlier …
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Stereotypes and Prototypes: The Causes and Consequences of Intersectional Invisibility
… have posited that the marginalization of Black women stems from disadvantage that emerges at the intersection of race and gender (Crenshaw, 1989), psychologists have only recently begun to generate individual-level theories to help explain this phenomenon. One such theory is the intersectional …
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A qualitative exploration into how UK Pakistani male immigrants deal with personal problems and stresses in everyday life
… is considerable research to suggest that South Asians residing in the United Kingdom have comparatively low rates of mental health service utilization. Whilst several possible explanations have been offered by researchers, including lack of available information, language barriers, and …
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'The inner scar.' Women's experience of self-harm
South Asian women in the United Kingdom have shown higher rates of self-harm compared to their white counterparts and Asian men. However, only a few studies have attempted to use in-depth exploration on an individual level to understand the reasons behind this. The empirical study aimed to explore …
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Laws without enforcement : the case of unskilled foreign workers in Kuwait
… protections for those laborers. Millions of Asian men and women migrate to the GCC seeking better opportunities for their families in their home countries, however in most cases this is less dependent on legal guarantees of labour protection and more on luck. In theory, unskilled foreign …
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Masculine Identities Among Asian American Men: Negotiating Varying Masculine Ideals for the Self and Others
… implications of varying masculine identities for Asian American men of East Asian descent. The study tested the hypotheses that compared to White men, Asian American men would endorse lower levels of Western hegemonic masculine ideals, see themselves as less masculine in terms of those ideals, and …
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Hegemony, marginalisation, and hierarchies: Masculinities in contemporary Pakistani anglophone fiction
… society. Scholarship on the representation of men and masculinities in South Asian anglophone literature, especially Pakistani anglophone fiction, is sparse. My study seeks to fill this lacuna and focuses on fiction by four male authors, namely, Nadeem Aslam, Mohsin Hamid, Muhammad Hanif, and …