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Fathering in the city : diverse masculinities and care giving practices in New York City (2019)
Thesis
Gallais, C. Fathering in the city : diverse masculinities and care giving practices in New York City. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4221975

This thesis is about primary caregiving fathers in New York City. It aims to explore the changing nature of masculinities in relation to fatherhood. Starting with the premise that not all masculinities are equal, it asks whether, and if yes, how, dif... Read More about Fathering in the city : diverse masculinities and care giving practices in New York City.

Equality building in Europe: praxis, paradoxes, and the transformative potential of gender+ training (2019)
Thesis
Enderstein, A.-M. Equality building in Europe: praxis, paradoxes, and the transformative potential of gender+ training. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222940

The last six decades have seen measurable progress in equality policies and projects in Europe, but as existing research demonstrates, this work is characterised by paradoxes and faces significant opposition in the current sociopolitical environment.... Read More about Equality building in Europe: praxis, paradoxes, and the transformative potential of gender+ training.

From pioneers to new millennials : a dynamics of identity among British Bangladeshi women in London (2017)
Thesis
Ferdowsi, L. From pioneers to new millennials : a dynamics of identity among British Bangladeshi women in London. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220761

This dissertation is an ethnography about British Bangladeshi women of different age groups who live in London. In this study I explore the identity dynamics of these women. I do this through an intersectional approach, focussing on age, generation,... Read More about From pioneers to new millennials : a dynamics of identity among British Bangladeshi women in London.

Power and tourism : negotiating identity in rural Cyprus (2013)
Thesis
Eftychiou, E. Power and tourism : negotiating identity in rural Cyprus. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216142

This thesis focuses on the disputed identity of rural Cyprus. It is an ethnographic study on tourism that argues that the power of western hegemony, not only defines but also reverses the definition of ‘modern’ identity in the cultural setting of Cyp... Read More about Power and tourism : negotiating identity in rural Cyprus.

Steering an AIDS-free course : personal prevention strategies of young people in Tanzania (2012)
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Kelly, L. L. Steering an AIDS-free course : personal prevention strategies of young people in Tanzania. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4216392

This thesis presents an exploration of the personal HIV/AIDS prevention strategies of young adolescents in Tanzania. Most of the 209 research participants were aged 10-15. They included students, those out of school and ‘street children’. In this mul... Read More about Steering an AIDS-free course : personal prevention strategies of young people in Tanzania.

"Aquela loirinha, baixinha, não sabe dançar..." : an ethnographic account of the accomodation [i.e. accommodation] of whiteness within the discourse and practice of the Brazilian female sexual subject in Florianópolis, Brazil. (2011)
Thesis
Turner, J. T. M. "Aquela loirinha, baixinha, não sabe dançar..." : an ethnographic account of the accomodation [i.e. accommodation] of whiteness within the discourse and practice of the Brazilian female sexual subject in Florianópolis, Brazil. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211475

Kinship and modernisation : an analysis of a Cham community of East Coast Peninsular Malaysia (2010)
Thesis
Awang, S. N. Kinship and modernisation : an analysis of a Cham community of East Coast Peninsular Malaysia. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212950

This study addresses the issue of the nature of contemporary kinship relationships among the Cham Muslim community of migrants from Cambodia, now settled in Malaysia. The study was conducted in 2006 in Pulau Keladi Village, a Cham settlement on the E... Read More about Kinship and modernisation : an analysis of a Cham community of East Coast Peninsular Malaysia.

Earning or learning? : class, culture and identity in contemporary schooling : an ethnography from northern England and southern Ireland (2007)
Thesis
Smith, J. P. Earning or learning? : class, culture and identity in contemporary schooling : an ethnography from northern England and southern Ireland. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215396

The study is divided into three parts.

Part One consists of two chapters in which I situate the study theoretically and reflect on the personal consequences of the subsequent methodological undertaking.

Chapter 1 introduces the conceptual and... Read More about Earning or learning? : class, culture and identity in contemporary schooling : an ethnography from northern England and southern Ireland.

There's 'more' to life : British migration to rural France (2007)
Thesis
Benson, M. C. There's 'more' to life : British migration to rural France. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214289

This thesis is about the lives of Britons who migrate to the Lot, a rural, inland département in southwest France. It shows that, while these migrants are a diverse population, they hold in common the pursuit of a different way of life. Both their im... Read More about There's 'more' to life : British migration to rural France.

A critique of participatory development in Pakistan (2005)
Thesis
Ali, J. A critique of participatory development in Pakistan. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212637

This study, a critical analysis of participatory development, was empirically conducted within a participatory development NGO in Pakistan, namely the Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP). It critically analysed participatory development in relation... Read More about A critique of participatory development in Pakistan.

Patterns of breast-feeding practice in Semarang, Indonesia: comparison between women in peri-urban area and urban area (2005)
Thesis
Margawati, A. Patterns of breast-feeding practice in Semarang, Indonesia: comparison between women in peri-urban area and urban area. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213337

Like many women in other developing countries, Indonesian women face cultural and gender inequalities; and high rates of maternal mortality and malnutrition are prevalent amongst Indonesian women. UNICEF (2000) showed that an estimated 450 women in I... Read More about Patterns of breast-feeding practice in Semarang, Indonesia: comparison between women in peri-urban area and urban area.