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Showing 1 to 20 of 121 for “"Respectability"”.
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Sex and Respectability in Ireland: A Chronology of Cultural Change
… project explores the interconnected themes of respectability, sexuality, and biopolitics through an investigation of, or making visible, a series of ‘figures’ and ‘sites’ that demarcate historical and contemporary understandings of sexual respectability in Irish culture. This study occurs at a …
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Myth and respectability in Swedish and Dutch fascism, 1931-40
… and reception by audiences. Secondly, it uses respectability as a means of seeing how in a national context this process was limited, inhibited, or otherwise defined by the standards of the public and media, to which fascists ultimately tried to appeal, thus providing an external perspective on …
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Building Black Manhattan: Architecture, Art, and the Politics of Respectability, 1857–1914
… and more. They adhered to the “politics of respectability” in expecting architecture would forge race pride and express their aspirations for inclusion in American public life. The art and architectural history of Black New York City has concentrated on Harlem in the interwar years as a site …
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Struggling to become : youth and the search for respectability in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
This is a story about the struggle to become. In detailing the everyday lives of a group of young men from Khayelitsha, this story provides a context for (or entry point into) a wider discussion about a generation of youth who have been born into precarious social environments bereft of toeholds on …
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In Search of Respectability. The Politics of the Union des organisations islamiques de France
… progressively embraced a quest for political respectability. To this end, they sought to assuage suspicions about their Islamist filiation and subscribe to dominant secular- republican scripts about how ‘good Muslims’ should appear and behave. This strategy encompassed an array of ideological, …
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Respectability, morality and reputation: social representations of intimate partner violence against women in Cape Town
… - revealed how participants' representations of respectability, morality, and reputation served to maintain patriarchy, and make violence permissible. The findings also shed light on the polarity of human thought, demonstrating how 'non-valid' victims of IPV are blamed and 'othered' for the …
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"There was something grotesque": The Application and Limits of Respectability in the Daughters of Bilitis
… their middle-class identity and public respectability. Seen from the organization’s founding in 1955 until its collapse in 1970, these contradictions and the focus on respectability politics adds to the existing scholarship on the DOB.</p> <p>The fifteen-year long span of the San …
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Parading respectability: an ethnography of the Christmas bands movement in the Western Cape, South Africa
… thoughts and experiences and their concern with respectability is an outward manifestation of a social ideal, these two themes overlap as both relate to how the members constitute themselves. Third, I explore how the emergent gender politics, given renewed emphasis in the new South African …
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Between respectability and disgrace: schismogenesis and the regeneration of inequality, stigma and social exclusion in Limerick
The thesis examines cultural processes underpinning the emergence, institutionalisation and reproduction of class boundaries in Limerick city. The research aims to bring a new understanding to the contemporary context of the city’s urban regeneration programme. Acknowledging and recognising other …
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Respectable: Fashion Curatorial Methodologies Explored Through an Exhibition on Black American Women’s Respectability Discourse, 1865-1929
… dated between 1865-1929 through the ‘politics of respectability’ (Higginbotham, 1993), a pervasive social discourse impacting how Black people expressed themselves through dress. It demonstrates curatorial methodologies through exhibition texts, mounting notes, and curatorial analysis to theorise …
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Respectability and The Modern Jazz Quartet; Some Cultural Aspects of Its Image and Legacy As Seen Through the Press
"The Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ) was a noted jazz ensemble whose original members—John Lewis (piano and director), Milt “Bags” Jackson (vibraphone), Ray Brown (bass) and Kenny “Klook” Clarke (drums)—first performed together in Dizzy Gillespie’s big band in 1946.1 Lewis (1920-2005), Jackson …
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Exploring the Influence of Respectability Politics in Special Schooling on the Disability Identities of South Africans with Visual Impairments
Introduction, Background, and Rationale: Respectability politics is a concept in which marginalised groups conform to societal norms to gain acceptance from the dominant group (Harris, 2003). The influence of conservative and medicalised ideas in special schools on blind and visually impaired (VI) …
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Re/making men and women for the race: Coeducation, respectability and black student leadership at Fisk University, 1924-1970
… Men and Women for the Race: Coeducation, Respectability and Black Student Leadership at Fisk University, 1924-1970,” in addition, highlights the complicated and contested meaning given to the historic and contemporary role played by Black colleges in preparing students for race leadership …
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Women speaking in and for institutions: a rhetorical history of the politics of respectability in Black Chicago, 1919 - 1939
… both constrained and enabled by politics of respectability, worked as economic agents in defense of their labor/in advocating for greater economic equity for Black folk. My focus on the lived experiences of Black, urban Midwestern women thickens our understanding of concepts like …
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Respectability and shame: the depiction of coloured, female murderers in the Daily Voice and Son tabloids - 2008 to 2012
This work analyses the depiction of coloured women on trial for murder in South Africa’s Western Cape tabloids, the Daily Voice and Son. It argues that these depictions preserve conservative race, class, and gender norms. The coverage of the murder trials of Najwa Petersen, Ellen Pakkies, Zulfa …
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Female sexuality, taste and respectability: an analysis of transatlantic media discourse surrounding Hollywood glamour and film star pin-ups during WWII.
… Skeggs’ work on glamour and working class respectability, Buszek’s discussion of pin-up and sexual agency, Moseley’s notion of resonance and Dyer’s work upon star personas this study elaborates upon existing discussions (from the 1930s up to the current day) regarding Hollywood’s female …
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Gugule-tois, it's the place to be! : on bodies, sex respectability and social reproduction : women' s experiences of youth on Cape Town's periphery
… and fashion in regards to notions of female respectability. Through my research process, I have often thought that I had digressed considerably; yet as I begin to narrate this story I am both surprised and amazed to find that this is in fact what I have done and thankfully, I believe I have …
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"Racially Charged": Negotiating Black Politics on the Superhero TV Adaptation, Black Lightning
… Jefferson's representation as an actor of Black respectability politics; Anissa's positioning as a radical activist and superhero often in conflict with the politics of respectability; and finally, Jennifer's political reawakening at a moment when the "post-racial" myth is prevalent in the US.
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Refinement and Architecture in Early Ypsilanti
… instead modified gentility to become a form of respectability that suited their needs. By examining one small town in which gentility was unrealistic and undesired, we can conclude that Americans in other periphery locales had differing opinions and feelings toward the movement of gentility …
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Language, Ideology and Power in Uganda
… Pan-Africanist conceptions of linguistic respectability and political legitimacy. These include the widespread association of standard Kiswahili, as historically used in East African trade-union and military activity, with national integration and development. While the NRM's detractors …
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