Showing papers in "Gender Place and Culture in 2021"
TL;DR: On a world ravaged by unsustainable capitalist growth, beset by populist-led geopolitical strife, and with inadequate action on climatic and environmental perils, the stakes of Our History is the F... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: On a world ravaged by unsustainable capitalist growth, beset by populist-led geopolitical strife, and with inadequate action on climatic and environmental perils, the stakes of Our History is the F...
152 citations
TL;DR: The authors of Feminism for the 99% attempt a creative mimicry of Marx and Engels' Communist Manifesto as mentioned in this paper, but they don't just produce a book reflecting Marx-Engels systematic organi...
Abstract: The authors of Feminism for the 99% attempt a creative mimicry of Marx and Engels’ Communist Manifesto. With this mimicry they don’t just produce a book reflecting Marx and Engels systematic organi...
42 citations
TL;DR: Glitch feminism is a manifesto as mentioned in this paper, which is structured around a series of 12 pronouncements declaring what 'glitch' is or does, and in the process claims a new and distinct...
Abstract: ‘Glitch feminism’ is a manifesto: this short, pamphlet-like book is structured around a series of 12 pronouncements declaring what ‘Glitch’ is or does, and in the process claims a new and distinct ...
19 citations
TL;DR: In today's neoliberal context, characterized by economic insecurity and social inequality, African men are said to be vulnerable to economic insecurity, social inequality and social marginalization as mentioned in this paper, and the male breadwinner ideal.
Abstract: Hegemonic representations of African men have focused on the male breadwinner ideal. In today’s neoliberal context, characterized by economic insecurity and social inequality, African men are said ...
18 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors contribute to a feminist politics of fieldwork by elevating narratives that have been pushed to the periphery of academic and methodological debates, particularly in China Studies.
Abstract: This paper contributes to a feminist politics of fieldwork by elevating narratives that have been pushed to the periphery of academic and methodological debates, particularly in China Studies Insp
18 citations
TL;DR: This article explored how anxiety and its bodily affects influenced the experience of encounters within and around research spaces, and offered up autoethnographic excerpts from field notations and interviews with researchers.
Abstract: This article explores how anxiety, and its bodily affects, influences the experience of encounters within and around research spaces. Throughout, I offer up autoethnographic excerpts from field not...
18 citations
TL;DR: In Peru, poorly paid domestic workers represent one of the few viable options for household and care support in Peru, where the state is weak in its provision of services and protection.
Abstract: Poorly paid – sometimes unpaid – domestic workers represent one of the few viable options for household and care support in Peru, where the state is weak in its provision of services and protection...
16 citations
TL;DR: The Detain and Deport (D&D) system as mentioned in this paper is rooted in ethnographic research on transitory people in Ecuador and the United States, which renders the intricate and chaotic nature of national border crossing.
Abstract: Rooted in ethnographic research on transitory people in Ecuador and the United States, Detain and Deport renders the intricate and chaotic nature of national border crossing. Seeking to ‘illuminate...
16 citations
TL;DR: Based on over 300 interviews conducted over 15 years, Home SOS: Gender, Violence, and Survival in Crisis Ordinary Cambodia as discussed by the authors weaves together the accounts of women who have experienced domestic violen...
Abstract: Based on over 300 interviews conducted over 15 years, Home SOS: Gender, Violence, and Survival in Crisis Ordinary Cambodia weaves together the accounts of women who have experienced domestic violen...
15 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that despite advances in geospatial technologies, despite these technological developments, Geographic Information Science (GIScience) expertise con- tects from experts' knowledge.
Abstract: Advancements in geospatial technologies promise liberation from experts’ knowledge. We argue that, despite these technological developments, Geographic Information Science (GIScience) expertise con...
15 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored intersections among gender, violence and socio-economic insecurities through examining the practice of women's abduction for forced marriage in rural Kyrgyzstan.
Abstract: This article explores intersections among gender, violence and socio-economic insecurities through examining the practice of women’s abduction for forced marriage in rural Kyrgyzstan. In the post-S...
TL;DR: This article examined the pathways of Chinese intranational migrant gay men in Shenzhen, a rising migrant metropolis in South China, using life-history interviews conducted with Chinese Intranational Migratory Gay Men.
Abstract: Drawing on life-history interviews conducted with Chinese intranational migrant gay men in Shenzhen, a rising migrant metropolis in South China, this article examines the pathways of Chinese intran...
TL;DR: Using feminist concepts and drawing on data from in-depth interviews with former volunteer tourism workers, this paper found that volunteer tourism is a feminized sector of international travel, comprised of a four to one ratio of women to men.
Abstract: Volunteer tourism is a feminized sector of international travel, comprised of a four to one ratio of women to men. Using feminist concepts and drawing on data from in-depth interviews with former v...
TL;DR: The authors explored constructions of masculinities in the context of forced migration, and found that these constructions can disentangle the gendered challenges men face after forced migration from their gender identities.
Abstract: Masculinities research has started to disentangle the gendered challenges men face after forced migration This paper aims to contribute to this emerging work by exploring constructions of masculin
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors map a global LGBTQ+ constellation, charting all those places that shine bright in the lives and imaginations of the people of the world who identify with them.
Abstract: If one were to map a global LGBTQ+ ‘constellation’ (I am borrowing a metaphor that is central to Gieseking’s book here), charting all those places that shine bright in the lives and imaginations of...
TL;DR: In this paper, the discursive and spatial constructions of female masculinities and femininities in separate networks for women forest owners in Sweden are discussed, based on qualitative research conducte...
Abstract: This paper addresses the discursive and spatial constructions of female masculinities and femininities in separate networks for women forest owners in Sweden. Based on qualitative research conducte...
TL;DR: In this paper, an in-depth analysis of women's experiences of sexual harassment in public transport based on 29 qualitative interviews with victims on the London Underground is presented, and the authors present an analysis of the relationships between women and sexual harassment.
Abstract: This article presents an in-depth analysis of women’s experiences of sexual harassment in public transport based on 29 qualitative interviews with victims on the London Underground. The art...
TL;DR: In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, heteronormative presumptions relating to masculinity dictate that men should be engaged in or actively pursuing heterosexual relationships as discussed by the authors, and for many gay men, fears of so...
Abstract: In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, heteronormative presumptions relating to masculinity dictate that men should be engaged in or actively pursuing heterosexual relationships. For many gay men, fears of so...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a more differentiated examination of the complex experiences and representations of men than is offered by the di erent examination of men in the African continent by the traditional media.
Abstract: Rapidly changing and divergent everyday realities on the African continent call for a more differentiated examination of the complex experiences and representations of men than is offered by the di...
TL;DR: South African Medical Research Council/University of South Africa’s Masculinity and Health Research Unit and Institute for Social and Health Sciences (ISHRSI) as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: South African Medical Research Council/University of South Africa’s Masculinity and Health Research Unit
The University of South Africa’s Institute for Social and Health Sciences
TL;DR: The authors examines how, following increased participation of students from rural backgrounds in China's higher education system, the educational achievements of young women affect the gender inequality in the country, and examines the effect of women's educational achievements on gender equality.
Abstract: This article examines how, following increased participation of students from rural backgrounds in China’s higher education system, the educational achievements of young women affect the gender dyn...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated gender and context differences within the domains of agency, life satisfaction, affectivity, and symptoms of trauma in a mixed-method design, and found that women were more likely to experience depression than men.
Abstract: Through a mixed-method design, the study investigated gender and context differences within the domains of agency, life satisfaction, affectivity, and symptoms of trauma. Two-hundred-fifty Palestin...
TL;DR: In 2018, students and community members forcefully tore down a confederate monument known as Silent Sam at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018, and this action unleashed brutal retaliation as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Students and community members forcefully tore down a confederate monument known as Silent Sam at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2018. This action unleashed brutal retaliation a...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that empowerment is mainly monetary or more holistic and emancipatory in women's lives than empowerment is solely monetary or holistic and emancipation in men's lives.
Abstract: Empowerment and power have long been fervently contested in feminist theory and geography. Much debate focuses on whether empowerment is mainly monetary or more holistic and emancipatory. In both c...
TL;DR: Peer education has become a popular strategy for promoting gender equality in recent years in response to calls for more participatory forms of development and thanks to the growing popularity of peer education as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Peer education has become a popular strategy for promoting gender equality in recent years in response to calls for more participatory forms of development and thanks to the growing popularity of ‘...
TL;DR: In this article, the concept of rooted flexibility is proposed to examine the latent frictions between flexible labour regimes and the rooted, rooted, and rooted, nature of women's empowerment.
Abstract: Drawing on feminist marxist and feminist geography scholarship the article develops the concept 'rooted flexibility' to examine the latent frictions between flexible labour regimes and the rooted, ...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors offer insight into Malian men navigating their endangered hegemonic masculinities post deportation, being returned against their will with empty hands, many see these difficulties as a...
Abstract: This paper offers insight into Malian men navigating their endangered hegemonic masculinities post deportation. Being returned against their will with empty hands, many see these difficulties as a ...
TL;DR: The authors constructions of women in the Global South, as poor and rural, portray them as most vulnerable and passive to the effects of environmental degradation, and this conception has been informing institutio...
Abstract: Constructions of women in the Global South, as poor and rural, portray them as most vulnerable and passive to the effects of environmental degradation. This conception has been informing institutio...
TL;DR: Lesbian spaces, in terms of their social, cultural, sexual or political purposes, have been dwindling in recent years within global North lesbian geographies as discussed by the authors, and they need to be restored.
Abstract: Lesbian spaces, in terms of their social, cultural, sexual or political purposes, have been dwindling in recent years within global North lesbian geographies. For this article, I would like to put ...
TL;DR: The Toronto Pride Parade began its procession down Toronto streets on July 3, 2016 and before it would end, Black Lives Matter Toronto organizers would disrupt the event with a protest as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: On July 3, 2016, the Toronto Pride parade began its procession down Toronto streets. Before it would end, Black Lives Matter – Toronto organizers would disrupt the event with a protest. This collec...