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cultural geographies of precarity [PDF]

open access: yesCultural Geographies, 2018
This article introduces a Special Issue on ‘cultural geographies of Precarity’. In recent years, the term precarity has become increasingly prevalent in geographical literature. And yet, to date, there remains limited discussion regarding how precarity is being culturally, as well as socially and economically, entrenched.
Ella Harris, Mel Nowicki
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Financial precarity and mental health among French health students: a nationwide cross-sectional study [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ Open
Objectives This study aimed to describe the prevalence and determinants of financial precarity and examine its associations with mental health, healthcare avoidance and academic outcomes among French health students.Design Nationwide cross-sectional ...
Marie-Pierre Tavolacci   +5 more
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The global subject of precarity [PDF]

open access: yesGlobalizations, 2019
This article explores the universalizing logic of precarity and precariousness in global studies discourse.
Ritu Vij
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Multifaceted precarity: pandemic experiences of recent immigrant women in the accommodation and food services sector

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected those who face historical and ongoing marginalization. In centering pandemic experience of recent immigrant women in the accommodation and food services sector in Canada, we examine how their precarious ...
Alice Mũrage, Julia Smith
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Precarity of Self: Identifying the Liminal Borders of Self in Shahnaz Bashir’s The Half Mother [PDF]

open access: yesLitinfinite, 2023
This research paper explores the liminal state of existence and self-identity of ordinary people in the militarised state of Kashmir. In doing so, it aims to conceptually examine the precarity of self and the sequential element, vulnerability in Shahnaz ...
L. Swathi
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On politics and precarity in academia [PDF]

open access: yesSocial Anthropology, 2019
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David Loher   +21 more
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Introduction: Urban Precarity [PDF]

open access: yesCity & Society, 2021
AbstractCities have long been associated with precarity. This link seems to have intensified under contemporary global regimes of capitalism, with both popular and academic discourses noting the risks that come with building and inhabiting urban environments.
Brian Campbell, Christian Laheij
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Impact of COVID-19 shocks, precarity and mediating resources on the mental health of residents of share housing in Victoria, Australia: an analysis of data from a two-wave survey

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2022
Objectives COVID-19 lockdown measures have challenged people’s mental health, especially among economically vulnerable households. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of exposure to COVID-19 shocks (defined as job loss, living cost ...
Rebecca Bentley   +2 more
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Living through Precarity: A Butlerian Study of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland

open access: yesAnglica. An International Journal of English Studies, 2021
This article aims to explore Judith Butler’s concept of precarity in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland. The questions this study seeks to find answers to are: What are the various manifestations of Butler’s notion of precarity in The Lowland?
Alireza Farahbakhsh, Peyman Hoseini
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Negotiated Precarity in the Global South: A Case Study of Migration and Domestic Work in South Africa

open access: yesStudies in Social Justice, 2020
This article explores precarity as a conceptual framework to understand the intersection of migration and low-waged work in the global south. Using a case study of cross-border migrant domestic workers in South Africa, I discuss current debates on ...
Zaheera Jinnah
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