Chia Longman
Ghent University
69 Papers
214 Citations
Chia Longman is an academic researcher from Ghent University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cultural diversity & Judaism. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 67 publications.
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Papers
'I am always crying on the inside': a qualitative study on the implications of infertility on women's lives in urban Gambia.
Susan Dierickx,Susan Dierickx,Ladan Rahbari,Ladan Rahbari,Chia Longman,Fatou Jaiteh,Fatou Jaiteh,Gily Coene +7 more
TL;DR: The lives of most women with infertility in The Gambia are characterized by social suffering resulting from gender and pro-natal norms, cultural beliefs and moral concerns, cultural practices and limited access to health care.
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Interrogating Harmful Cultural Practices: Gender, Culture and Coercion
Chia Longman,Tamsin Bradley +1 more
- 14 Aug 2015
TL;DR: Chia Longman and Tamsin Bradley as mentioned in this paper introduced the concept of Harmful Cultural Practices (HCP) and discussed the relationship between cultural practices and women's health and well-being.
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Mothering as a citizenship practice: an intersectional analysis of ‘carework’ and ‘culturework’ in non-normative mother–child identities
TL;DR: In this article, a comparative analysis is presented of two ethnographic case studies on mothering practices in Belgium Interviews with, and participant observation among, both undocumented migrant mothers from the South and Belgian white adoptive mothers of black Ethiopian-born children provide an insight into the way in which mothering plays an important role in the pursuit of citizenship.
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Gendering the diversification of diversity The Belgian hijab (in) question
Gily Coene,Chia Longman +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an analysis of the recent headscarf debate in Belgium, and explore in particular to what extent issues of gender equality and feminist arguments were central to the discussion.
Sacrificing the Career or the Family?: Orthodox Jewish Women between Secular Work and the Sacred Home
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address the question of women's agency in traditionalist religion, through a study of self-narratives by women in the Orthodox Jewish community of Antwerp, Belgium.