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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"respectability politics"”.
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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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The Hollow Class: African-American Class-Passing and the Popular
… contributes to the cultural discourse on respectability politics and racial uplift. Challenging the class focus of African-Americans, through literature, television, and film, I seek to reenergize discussions on the routes to black equality in America and contest notions of “making it” …
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"Racially Charged": Negotiating Black Politics on the Superhero TV Adaptation, Black Lightning
… thought and respond to contemporary racial politics in the US. More precisely, it focuses on 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, …
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The whores left behind: Black sex workers’ college navigation & loneliness
… discourses about Black girlhood, deviancy, and respectability that are found within Black RSOs which aim to give Black college students a sense of belonging on Black Exclusionary Institutions (BEIs) of Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs) and contribute positively to their retention and …
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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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From surviving to thriving: strategies to navigate postgraduate education for academic womxn of colour in the design field in South Africa
… theory. It also considers key concepts, such as respectability politics and Black rage, to explore how colonial and patriarchal influences in universities impact on the postgraduate experiences of womxn of colour. In this context, theories of affect and materiality are discussed, alongside …
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SUFIMINISM: THE SEXUAL, THE SPIRITUAL, THE SELF
… the question: what does an exploration of sexual politics within Islam look like if the mandate of respectability is refused? It explores the possibilities of Sufi thought as an epistemological approach to thinking about sexuality studies and reframing the relationship between Islam and sex. …
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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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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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Sweetness is Not a Guarantee: Disrupting Picture Book Depictions of Black Children as Comestible
This thesis examines the surveillance and respectability politics involved in the depiction of Black children in picture book text and images, focusing particularly on the representation of Black children as food. My corpus of texts consists of six picture books by five different Black creators: …
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"I'm Rich Bitch:" Black Class Performance and the New Nouveau Riche
<p>With its multitude of sub-genres, larger than life personalities, and fifteen minutes of fame offerings, reality television has quickly changed the face and economics of television culture. This research examines the disruption of traditional roles of race and class in reality television. …