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    Contested ‘respectability’: gender and labour in the life stories of Tanzanian women and men in the hospitality industry

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    Date
    2018
    Author
    Fischer, Gundula
    Type
    Journal Article
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    Although ‘disrespectability’ has been discerned as an important discourse that accompanies Tanzanian women’s engagement in hospitality jobs, it remains unclear how they counter this devaluation and whether their male co-workers are affected as well. Using a life-story methodology with a sample of 20 male and female employees, this study shows how men and women are unevenly hit by the assignment of ‘shame’ and how they resist. Better pay and more professional training could improve workers’ standing, but might also trigger new processes of closure detrimental to gender equity.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2018.1480108
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/5210
    Non-IITA Authors ORCID
    Gundula Fischerhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7658-786X
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2018.1480108
    IITA Subjects
    Gender
    Agrovoc Terms
    Labour; Gender; Tanzania; East Africa
    Regions
    Africa; East Africa
    Countries
    Tanzania
    Journals
    Journal of Eastern African Studies
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