Gender Equality as 'Cultural Stuff': Ethnic Boundary Work in a Classroom in Switzerland

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Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Titre
Gender Equality as 'Cultural Stuff': Ethnic Boundary Work in a Classroom in Switzerland
Périodique
Diversities
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Duemmler Kerstin, Dahinden Janine, Moret Joëlle
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2010
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
12
Numéro
1
Pages
19-37
Langue
anglais
Résumé
The idea of boundary work has become a key concept in studies on ethnicity and¦provides new theoretical insights into the social organisation of cultural difference.¦People articulate ethnic boundaries in everyday interactions using conceptual¦distinctions to construct notions of 'us' and 'them'. This study is based on an¦empirical case study (ethnographic fieldwork, interviews) with young people (16-21¦years old) in a Swiss vocational school. The results emphasise that the moral¦imperative of gender equality is the most significant category used to create¦boundaries between Swiss and Albanian migrants. Our study considers boundary¦work as relational and thus examines the strategies of both the Swiss majority and¦the (male) Albanian minority. Results suggest that the boundary itself is seldom¦contested by either Swiss or Albanians, and we argue that the visibility of the¦boundary ('brightness') is closely linked to larger power relations in society between¦those groups.
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