• Exploring the Frontiers of Solidarity and Intimacy in Refugee “Solidarity” Movements in France

    Jane Freedman (CRESPPA-GTM / Université Paris 8), Glenda Santana de Andrade (CRESPPA-GTM / IC Migrations)

    Exploring the Frontiers of Solidarity and Intimacy in Refugee “Solidarity” Movements in France

  • Mothers Experiencing Legal and Financial Precarity Post-Migration: Solidarity Practices, Everyday Resistance and the Role of Social Infrastructure

    Rachel Benchekroun (UCL)

    Mothers Experiencing Legal and Financial Precarity Post-Migration: Solidarity Practices, Everyday Resistance and the Role of Social Infrastructure

  • The Sisters’ House as an Intersectional, Feminist Reception Project for Migrant Women: Exploring the Concept of Constructive Resistance.

    Naïké Garny, Sarah Murru (KU Leuven)

    The Sisters’ House as an Intersectional, Feminist Reception Project for Migrant Women: Exploring the Concept of Constructive Resistance.

  • ‘I Had the Feeling I Had the Rehearsal With You’. Autoethnographic Reflections on Preparing Applicants for their Asylum Interview Within LGBTIQ+ Organisations

    Liselot Casteleyn (Ghent University)

    ‘I Had the Feeling I Had the Rehearsal With You’. Autoethnographic Reflections on Preparing Applicants for their Asylum Interview Within LGBTIQ+ Organisations

  • Liminal Solidarity: How Ukrainian Refugee Mothers Negotiate Situational Kinship in a Collective Reception Centre in Belgium

    Hannah Grondelaers (UNU-CRIS)

    Liminal Solidarity: How Ukrainian Refugee Mothers Negotiate Situational Kinship in a Collective Reception Centre in Belgium

  • 'We Don’t Live in the Future. We Live in the Now'. How Time Intersects with (UN)realistically Partnering with and for Refugees in Lebanon

    Jasmin Lilian Diab (Lebanese American University), Maybritt Jill Alpes (Lebanese American University)

    'We Don’t Live in the Future. We Live in the Now'. How Time Intersects with (UN)realistically Partnering with and for Refugees in Lebanon

  • Editorial - Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes

    Sarah Murru (KU Leuven), Robin Vandevoordt, Naïké Garny, A. Tancrède Pagès (UGent)

    Editorial - Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes

  • Contesting Borders Through Spaces and Practices. Transformative Forms of Grassroots Solidarity Along the Balkan Routes

    Chiara Martini (University of Milan)

    Contesting Borders Through Spaces and Practices. Transformative Forms of Grassroots Solidarity Along the Balkan Routes

  • Embodied Solidarity: Feminist Care and Vulnerability in Parisian Squats

    A. Tancrède Pagès (UGent)

    Embodied Solidarity: Feminist Care and Vulnerability in Parisian Squats

  • Title Page & Table of Contents

    Louise Benson James (Ghent University)

    Title Page & Table of Contents

  • ‘I Am Like Their Swedish Mother’. Conceptualising Maternalism and Power Asymmetries during Solidarity Practices with Asylum Seekers

    Zinaïda Sluijs (Uppsala University)

    ‘I Am Like Their Swedish Mother’. Conceptualising Maternalism and Power Asymmetries during Solidarity Practices with Asylum Seekers

  • Bak, M. A. (2020). Playful Visions: Optical Toys and the Emergence of Children’s Media Culture. Cambridge: The MIT Press. Review by Eva Van de Wiele

    Eva Van de Wiele (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

    Bak, M. A. (2020). Playful Visions: Optical Toys and the Emergence of Children’s Media Culture. Cambridge: The MIT Press. Review by Eva Van de Wiele

  • On the Crossroad of Bisexual Theory and Affect Theory: Bisexual Shame as an Emotion Shaped by Heterosexism and Biphobia

    Babette Lagrange (Ghent University)

    On the Crossroad of Bisexual Theory and Affect Theory: Bisexual Shame as an Emotion Shaped by Heterosexism and Biphobia

  • Laes, C., Goodey, C.F., Rose, M.L. (2013). Disabilities in Roman Antiquity: Disparate Bodies a Capite ad Calcem. Review by Nina Van der Sype

    Nina Van der Sype (Ghent University)

    Laes, C., Goodey, C.F., Rose, M.L. (2013). Disabilities in Roman Antiquity: Disparate Bodies a Capite ad Calcem. Review by Nina Van der Sype

  • Segal, L. (2014). Out of time: The pleasures and perils of ageing. London: Verso Books. Review by Carla Besora Barti

    Carla Besora Barti (Ghent University)

    Segal, L. (2014). Out of time: The pleasures and perils of ageing. London: Verso Books. Review by Carla Besora Barti

  • Title page and table of contents

    Louise Benson James (Ghent University)

    Title page and table of contents

  • Identity is a Verb (which makes Inclusion a Methodological Challenge)

    Joke Hermes

    Identity is a Verb (which makes Inclusion a Methodological Challenge)

  • Priawan in Indonesia: A Study of Transmasculine Female-to-Male Individuals

    Myrtati Dyah Artaria (Universitas Airlangga), Sayf Muhammad Alaydrus (Universitas Airlangga), Azzah Kania Budianto (Universitas Airlangga), Dwi Prasetyo (Sekolah Tnggi Ilmu Komunikasi Almamater Wartawan Surabaya), Charanjit Kaur (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman), Maciej Henneberg (The University of Adelaide)

    Priawan in Indonesia: A Study of Transmasculine Female-to-Male Individuals

  • Critical Diversity Studies at a Juncture: Mobilizing Theories of Difference in and beyond Capitalism

    Patrizia Zanoni

    Critical Diversity Studies at a Juncture: Mobilizing Theories of Difference in and beyond Capitalism

  • Canaries in the Coal Mine: On the Political Representation and Participation of Social Groups

    Petra Meier

    Canaries in the Coal Mine: On the Political Representation and Participation of Social Groups

  • Wallaert, S. (2023). Kwaad Spreken: Wie Gelooft de Boze Vrouw?.  Borgerhout: Letterwerk. Review by Alexia Debbaut

    Alexia Debbaut (Ghent University)

    Wallaert, S. (2023). Kwaad Spreken: Wie Gelooft de Boze Vrouw?.  Borgerhout: Letterwerk. Review by Alexia Debbaut

  • Assimilationism, Sexual Nationalism, and the Backlash Against Gender and Sexuality

    Paul Mepschen

    Assimilationism, Sexual Nationalism, and the Backlash Against Gender and Sexuality

  • Fraiman, S. (2017). Extreme Domesticity: A View from the Margins. New York: Columbia University Press. Review by Yishi Pan

    Yishi Pan (Leeds University)

    Fraiman, S. (2017). Extreme Domesticity: A View from the Margins. New York: Columbia University Press. Review by Yishi Pan

  • DiGeSt: The Journal’s Genesis

    Marysa Demoor

    DiGeSt: The Journal’s Genesis

  • Tsing, A. (2015). The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Review by Sarah Postema-Toews

    Sarah Postema-Toews (University of Amsterdam)

    Tsing, A. (2015). The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Review by Sarah Postema-Toews

  • Editorial - Paradoxes in the Far Right’s gender and sexuality politics: Nationalism, Islamophobia and multiple positionings on gender

    An Van Raemdonck, Katja Kahlina, Aleksandra Sygnowska (Polish Academy of Sciences)

    Editorial - Paradoxes in the Far Right’s gender and sexuality politics: Nationalism, Islamophobia and multiple positionings on gender

  • Resistant vulnerability: Voices of feminist dissent from the Panjabi minority in Italy

    Sara Ahimsa Bonfanti (University of Trento (ITA))

    Resistant vulnerability: Voices of feminist dissent from the Panjabi minority in Italy

  • The brotherhood of hate: Hyper-masculinity, same-sex desire and far-right identity in Brotherhood

    Paris Cameron-Gardos (Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society)

    The brotherhood of hate: Hyper-masculinity, same-sex desire and far-right identity in Brotherhood

  • ‘Where are the equal rights?’ Far-right women challenging gender equality and human rights in Greece

    Marianthi Anastasiadou (Freiburg University of Education), Jasmine Samara

    ‘Where are the equal rights?’ Far-right women challenging gender equality and human rights in Greece

  • Women and nationalism in Poland: Defending the dignity of Polish women

    Aleksandra Sygnowska (Independent scholar)

    Women and nationalism in Poland: Defending the dignity of Polish women

  • Ageivism Roundtable

    Katrien De Graeve, Anja Meulenbelt, Ryan Backer, Sara De Vuyst (UGent), Katrien Jacobs (Chinese University of Hong Kong), Aagje Swinnen (Maastricht University)

    Ageivism Roundtable

  • Beyond burnout culture? Artistic imaginations of care (crisis) in Barbara Raes' Zon dag kind and Els Dietvorst's Field Guide

    Sarah De Mul

    Beyond burnout culture? Artistic imaginations of care (crisis) in Barbara Raes' Zon dag kind and Els Dietvorst's Field Guide

  • Home and belonging: African women in 'crisis' Greece

    Viki Zaphiriou-Zarifi

    Home and belonging: African women in 'crisis' Greece

  • Sex and desire on the dancefloor: A queer post-structuralist approach on reclaiming erotic dances

    Nina Poels, Carine Plancke (UGent)

    Sex and desire on the dancefloor: A queer post-structuralist approach on reclaiming erotic dances

  • Trans persons on trans representations in popular media culture: A reception study

    Hanne Van Haelter (Ghent University), Frederik Dhaenens (Ghent University), Sofie Van Bauwel (Ghent University)

    Trans persons on trans representations in popular media culture: A reception study

  • Allies, access and (collective) action: Young refugee women’s navigation of gendered educational constraints in Greece

    Lucy Hunt (University of Oxford)

    Allies, access and (collective) action: Young refugee women’s navigation of gendered educational constraints in Greece

  • Negotiating two worlds: An exploration of Moroccan Belgian youths’ lived experience of gender identity

    Hanne Dewinter (Department of Social Work & Social Pedagogy, Ghent University), Hanne Dehertog (Arktos, Leuven), Lucia De Haene (Parenting and Special Education Research Unit, KU Leuven)

    Negotiating two worlds: An exploration of Moroccan Belgian youths’ lived experience of gender identity

  • Queer asylum seekers in Belgium: Navigating reception centers

    Anna Ropianyk (Ghent University), Serena D’Agostino (Department of Political Science and Brussels School of Governance (BSoG), Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

    Queer asylum seekers in Belgium: Navigating reception centers

  • Gendered aspects of distress migration: Taking note of Rohingya voices

    Vasileia Digidiki (FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University), Jacqueline Bhabha (FXB Center for Health & Human Rights at Harvard University)

    Gendered aspects of distress migration: Taking note of Rohingya voices

  • Editorial: Studying diversity and gender in times of Corona

    Florian Vanlee (Ghent University), Mieke Vandenbroucke (Universiteit Antwerpen), Tina Goethals (Ghent University)

    Editorial: Studying diversity and gender in times of Corona

  • Language attitudes towards Serbian Sign Language and experiences with deaf education in Serbia

    Dragana Raicevic Bajic (Ghent University), Gordana Nikolic, Mihailo Gordic, Kimberley Mouvet (Ghent University), Mieke Van Herreweghe (Ghent University)

    Language attitudes towards Serbian Sign Language and experiences with deaf education in Serbia

  • Superheroines and superstereotypes? Queer postfeminism, intersectionality and female superheroes in Supergirl

    Maxine De Wulf Helskens (Ghent University), Frederik Dhaenens (Ghent University), Sarah Van Leuven (Ghent University)

    Superheroines and superstereotypes? Queer postfeminism, intersectionality and female superheroes in Supergirl

  • ‘The Great Replacement’: Reproduction and Population Policies of the Far Right, Taking the Identitarians as an Example

    Judith Goetz (Universität Wien)

    ‘The Great Replacement’: Reproduction and Population Policies of the Far Right, Taking the Identitarians as an Example

  • The visual digital self: A discourse theoretical analysis of young people’s negotiations on gender, reputation and sexual morality online

    Burcu Korkmazer (Ghent University), Sander De Ridder (Ghent University), Sofie Van Bauwel (Ghent University)

    The visual digital self: A discourse theoretical analysis of young people’s negotiations on gender, reputation and sexual morality online

  • The populist far-right and the intersection of antiimmigration and antifeminist agendas: the Portuguese case

    Rita Santos (Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra), Sílvia Roque (Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra)

    The populist far-right and the intersection of antiimmigration and antifeminist agendas: the Portuguese case

  • Breaking the cycle: Solidarity with care-leaver mothers

    Jenny Krutzinna (a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:20:"University of Bergen";})

    Breaking the cycle: Solidarity with care-leaver mothers

  • Constructs and contradictions of mothering identities as experienced by new mothers in the postnatal period in a contemporary urban setting

    Mavis Machirori (a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:20:"Newcastle University";})

    Constructs and contradictions of mothering identities as experienced by new mothers in the postnatal period in a contemporary urban setting

  • Editorial - Parenthood: Norms and experiences

    Seppe Segers, Giulia Cavaliere

    Editorial - Parenthood: Norms and experiences

  • “My emotions on the backseat”. Heterosexually partnered men’s experiences of becoming fathers through surrogacy

    Christina Weis (a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:22:"De Montfort University";}), Wendy Norton

    “My emotions on the backseat”. Heterosexually partnered men’s experiences of becoming fathers through surrogacy

  • Parenthood and the concept of the biological tie

    Hane Maung (a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:24:"University of Manchester";})

    Parenthood and the concept of the biological tie

  • Unseen? A qualitative study on how mothers and fathers living with a visual impairment experience parenthood

    Jentel Van Havermaet (a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:1:" ";}), Elisabeth De Schauwer, Geert Van Hove

    Unseen? A qualitative study on how mothers and fathers living with a visual impairment experience parenthood

  • A visitor in your house? Letters about non/normative family lives from sisters becoming mothers

    Marieke Vandecasteele (a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:16:"Ghent University";}), Ted Oonk, Elisabeth De Schauwer, Geert Van Hove

    A visitor in your house? Letters about non/normative family lives from sisters becoming mothers

  • Integrating intersectionality into autonomy: Reflections on feminist bioethics and egg freezing

    Michiel De Proost (a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:5:"RHEA ";})

    Integrating intersectionality into autonomy: Reflections on feminist bioethics and egg freezing

  • Beyond Persecution: Exploring Alternative Refugee Narratives in Jenny Erpenbeck

    Jessy Carton

    Beyond Persecution: Exploring Alternative Refugee Narratives in Jenny Erpenbeck

  • ‘Deviant’ or the consequence of social evolution? Discourses of intentional ‘multiple parenthood practices’ in the Dutch and the Flemish press

    Nola Cammu

    ‘Deviant’ or the consequence of social evolution? Discourses of intentional ‘multiple parenthood practices’ in the Dutch and the Flemish press

  • LGBT+ televisibility in Flanders: The presence of sexual and gender diversity in Flemish television fiction (2001-2016)

    Florian Vanlee, Frederik Dhaenens, Sofie Van Bauwel

    LGBT+ televisibility in Flanders: The presence of sexual and gender diversity in Flemish television fiction (2001-2016)

Volume 11 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes

Fall 2024 Special Issue of DiGeSt: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies

Editors: A. Tancrède Pagès (Guest Editor), Naïké Garny (Guest Editor), Robin Vandevoordt (Guest Editor), Sarah Murru (Guest Editor)

Front Matter

Title Page & Table of Contents

Louise Benson James

2024-12-06 Volume 11 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes

Editorial - Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes

Sarah Murru, Robin Vandevoordt, Naïké Garny and A. Tancrède Pagès

2024-12-06 Volume 11 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes • 1-14

Articles

‘I Had the Feeling I Had the Rehearsal With You’. Autoethnographic Reflections on Preparing Applicants for their Asylum Interview Within LGBTIQ+ Organisations

Liselot Casteleyn

2024-12-06 Volume 11 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes • 15-32

Exploring the Frontiers of Solidarity and Intimacy in Refugee “Solidarity” Movements in France

Jane Freedman and Glenda Santana de Andrade

2024-12-06 Volume 11 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes • 33-49

‘I Am Like Their Swedish Mother’. Conceptualising Maternalism and Power Asymmetries during Solidarity Practices with Asylum Seekers

Zinaïda Sluijs

2024-12-06 Volume 11 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes • 50-65

Embodied Solidarity: Feminist Care and Vulnerability in Parisian Squats

A. Tancrède Pagès

2024-12-06 Volume 11 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes • 66-80

The Sisters’ House as an Intersectional, Feminist Reception Project for Migrant Women: Exploring the Concept of Constructive Resistance.

Naïké Garny and Sarah Murru

2024-12-06 Volume 11 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes • 81-99

Liminal Solidarity: How Ukrainian Refugee Mothers Negotiate Situational Kinship in a Collective Reception Centre in Belgium

Hannah Grondelaers

2024-12-06 Volume 11 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes • 100-114

Mothers Experiencing Legal and Financial Precarity Post-Migration: Solidarity Practices, Everyday Resistance and the Role of Social Infrastructure

Rachel Benchekroun

2024-12-06 Volume 11 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes • 115-130

Contesting Borders Through Spaces and Practices. Transformative Forms of Grassroots Solidarity Along the Balkan Routes

Chiara Martini

2024-12-06 Volume 11 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes • 131-147

'We Don’t Live in the Future. We Live in the Now'. How Time Intersects with (UN)realistically Partnering with and for Refugees in Lebanon

Jasmin Lilian Diab and Maybritt Jill Alpes

2024-12-06 Volume 11 • Issue 2 • 2024 • Intersectional Solidarities and Resistances in Face of Violent Migration Regimes • 148-158

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