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WHITE ABLE-BODIED MALE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2023-07-17
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Sociology of Human Relations
- Social Problems
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- somatic norm
1, record 1, English, somatic%20norm
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
... the implicit norm that regulates the access of bodies to certain spaces. 2, record 1, English, - somatic%20norm
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Recent work on the creative workforce in the UK [United Kingdom] has suggested systematic exclusions for women, ethnic minorities, and those from working-class social origins. Moreover, these exclusions shape a powerful sense of what a creative worker, whether artist, actor, writer, director, or musician, is. This "somatic norm" in creative occupations is manifested in the figure of the able-bodied, white, middle-class-origin man, a norm also dominant across other elite occupations in Britain.... The dominance of the white male, middle-class body was intertwined with the ideal type of government civil servant, a "somatic norm" serving to exclude those who did not fit this norm. 3, record 1, English, - somatic%20norm
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Sociologie des relations humaines
- Problèmes sociaux
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- norme somatique
1, record 1, French, norme%20somatique
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les femmes ont investi des espaces orientés vers l'écriture. Et pourtant, la femme écrivaine ne reste que cela : la femme écrivaine, déviant de la norme somatique de «l'écrivain» en tant que telle. 2, record 1, French, - norme%20somatique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1994-01-05
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- General Vocabulary
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- white able-bodied male
1, record 2, English, white%20able%2Dbodied%20male
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
- wammie 2, record 2, English, wammie
correct
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
In the downsized affirmative-action economy. Stephen is a white able-bodied male-a "wammie, "in the words of Grant Brown, a lecturer in management at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta. Once the stereotype of power and privilege, wammies now are trying to reconcile their personal career ambitions with society's larger goal of increasing representation of other groups at all levels of the work force. "It's certainly going to put the squeeze on us, "said Stephen, 20. 1, record 2, English, - white%20able%2Dbodied%20male
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Vocabulaire général
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- wammie
1, record 2, French, wammie
proposal
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Comparer a wasp, yuppie, yammie, etc. 1, record 2, French, - wammie
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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