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In this chapter I look at how Denim Jean are deployed for ordinary body sexualization. Despite their codification as potentially sexy, jeans remain mundane, almost ubiquitous items, perceived as remarkably versatile for all practical purposes in ordinary life. They are subject to fashion dynamics, and indeed represent an important segment in the fashion industry. They thus provide an excel-lent spot for the exploration of sexualization as an ordinary practice that emerges from – and aside to – normal daily rounds, as much as it is performed in specialized places or choreographed in a myriad of glamorized symbolic forms. I ntroduce my discussion by initially considering how Denim’s relationship to fashion illu-minates its relation to embodied subjectivity and individuality more generally. Rather than developing a semiotic approach, considering how the fashion system plunders fetishism or sexual subcultures for inspiration, I explore how the expression of sexuality (attraction and gender) is mediated by a particular clothing, denim jeans, which enjoys a particular status within the actualization of fashion in everyday life. In other words, I start naturalistically from reported practices of meaningful ordinary use of an ordinary item such as jeans, interrogating the chains of meanings that link identity, embodiment and sexuality. The mediating role of denim is revealed as subjects perform what I define as ‘mirror work’ - or actually looking at oneself and working on one's own ensuing emotions - to negotiate their own body perception in relation to normative ideals of beauty and sexuality. Based on ethnographic interviews, I show that denim jeans afford a perception of ‘fitness’ or appropriateness that articulates comfort with compliance as well as authenticity with adaptability. This dynamic is crucial to feeling sexy: something that is articulated via gendered notions of seduction.
Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
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We discuss the main characteristics of the working population, occupational health issues, and prevention and promotion policies in safety and health that currently exist in Central America. Available data and documentation on related topics were reviewed. Demographic transitions, poverty, workforce distributions by sectors and economic activities, informal and formal work, unemployment, female and child labour are discussed, among other issues. Major occupational risks associated with selected economic sectors are presented. We also discuss insurance systems in relation to occupational risk registries on exposures and health effects, legislation and union participation. Over all data on work and health-related conditions are scarce, limiting the development of accurate and coherent policies, their evaluation and definitions of occupational health-related priorities. Low level of insurance coverage results in a high proportion of the worker population without health care protection....
Annals
Physico-chemical characteristics of apples stored in chilling and controlled atmosphere conditions2008 •
Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Bumi Raflesia
Penyuluhan Mengenai Cuci Tangan Dan Penggunaan Handsanitizer Untuk Mencegah Infeksi COVID-19Berkembangnya wabah Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) di dunia hingga ke Indonesia, sangat mengkhawatirkan seluruh lapisan masyarakat. salah satu cara yang dilakukan untuk mencegah infeksi Covid-19 adalah dengan mencuci tangan dan menggunakan handsanitizer. Banyak masyarakat yang belum memahami bagaimana cara mencuci tangan dan menggunakan handsanitizer yang baik dan benar. Oleh karena itu, kegiatan ini dilakukan dengan memberikan penyuluhan mengenai cuci tangan dan pelatihan penggunaan handsanitizer. Responden adalah karyawan UNIDA Gontor Kampus Putri Mantingan, Ngawi sebanyak 31 orang. Sebelum dan sesudah penyuluhan dan pelatihan, responden diberi pre test dan post test untuk mengukur tingkat pengetahuan dan keterampilan responden. Hasil kegiatan menunjukkan bahwa sebelum penyuluhan dan pelatihan, tingkat pengetahuan dan keterampilan responden mengenai cuci tangan dan penggunaan handsanitizer terdiri atas Sangat Baik (67,7 %) dan Baik (32,3 %). Sedangkan setelah penyuluhan dan pe...
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Research Journal
ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF EXTRACT COMBINATION OF LEAVES AND PEELS KAFFIR LIME (Citrus Hystrix DC.) AGAINST SOME TEST BACTERIA2010 •
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Communal rangelands in northern and central Namibia : the grazing and browsing resources and their users2012 •
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Evaluación de psicopatología, afrontamiento y apoyo familiar en el cumplimiento de pautas médicas en los 12meses posteriores a un trasplante cardiaco2012 •
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From cure to prevention ‐ transformational change in the Fire and Rescue Service2010 •
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OUTRO JOGO DE LINGUAGEM COMO PROPOSTA TEÓRICO-METODOLÓGICA DA LEITURA DO LUGAR 1 Other language game as a theoretical-methodological proposal for reading places2022 •
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Bartonella melophagi in blood of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and sheep keds (Melophagus ovinus) from the southwestern US: Cultures, genetic characterization, and ecological connections2016 •
LA PAROLA (IN)DIFESA. Scrivere e parlare nella professione forense: tecniche e suggerimenti pratici
LA PAROLA (IN)DIFESA. SCRIVERE E PARLARE NELLA PROFESSIONE FORENSE: TECNICHE E SUGGERIMENTI PRATICI2024 •