Shadee Abdi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1268461 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shadee Abdi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shadee |
| FAMILY NAME | Abdi |
| SIGNATURE | ABDI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Francisco State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Worldmaking with Aberoo
Based on narratives shared by queer Iranian Americans, this essay explores the cultural construct of aberoo (saving face for family and community) as a form of queer familial relationality. This work extends theorizations of queer worldmaking and relationality into familial contexts, which are crucial elements of identity for many queer people of color around the globe. Focusing on Iranian Americans in particular, this study demonstrates the futi…
De-Whitening Intersectionality
De-Whitening Intersectionality: Race, Intercultural Communication, and Politics re-evaluates how the logic of color-blindness as whiteness is at play in the current scope of intersectional research on race, intercultural communication, and politics. Calling for a re-centering of difference by exploring the emergence and inception of intersectionality concepts, the coeditors and contributors distinguish between the uses of intersectionality that s…
Wakanda for everyone
Black Panther’s (2018) Afrofuturistic cultural footprint—left by the utopic, fictional African country of Wakanda and its new King, T’Challa/Black Panther—was significant not just for the superhero film genre, but also for the representation of Africa, Black femininity, Black identity, and a mighty and self-sustaining society unimpacted by war or colonization. While the film was praised for its character development, story, and celebration of Bla…
Cultural (in)visibility and identity dissonance
This qualitative study explores the narratives of 12, first-generation, queer, Iranian-American women to understand (a) how Iranian cultural, familial, and relational discourses influence feelings of “belonging” for queer Iranian-American women, and (b) how queer Iranian-American women cope with the challenges of being both LGBTQ and Iranian-American. Online interviews were analyzed using grounded theory analysis, revealing that queer Iranian-Ame…
Identity Management and the Fostering of Network Ignorance
This qualitative study explores the narratives of 12, first-generation, queer, Iranian-American women in an attempt to better understand the experiences of being both Iranian and queer, and to explore the various ways participants manage their sexual identities within their ethnic communities. Online interviews were analyzed using grounded theory analysis, which revealed that shame anxiety motivates the fostering of network ignorance. Feelings of…
Cultural (in)visibility and identity dissonance
This qualitative study explores the narratives of 12, first-generation, queer, Iranian-American women to understand (a) how Iranian cultural, familial, and relational discourses influence feelings of “belonging” for queer Iranian-American women, and (b) how queer Iranian-American women cope with the challenges of being both LGBTQ and Iranian-American. Online interviews were analyzed using grounded theory analysis, revealing that queer Iranian-Ame…
Identity Management and the Fostering of Network Ignorance
This qualitative study explores the narratives of 12, first-generation, queer, Iranian-American women in an attempt to better understand the experiences of being both Iranian and queer, and to explore the various ways participants manage their sexual identities within their ethnic communities. Online interviews were analyzed using grounded theory analysis, which revealed that shame anxiety motivates the fostering of network ignorance. Feelings of…
Cultural (in)visibility and identity dissonance
This qualitative study explores the narratives of 12, first-generation, queer, Iranian-American women to understand (a) how Iranian cultural, familial, and relational discourses influence feelings of “belonging” for queer Iranian-American women, and (b) how queer Iranian-American women cope with the challenges of being both LGBTQ and Iranian-American. Online interviews were analyzed using grounded theory analysis, revealing that queer Iranian-Ame…
De-Whitening Intersectionality
De-Whitening Intersectionality: Race, Intercultural Communication, and Politics re-evaluates how the logic of color-blindness as whiteness is at play in the current scope of intersectional research on race, intercultural communication, and politics. Calling for a re-centering of difference by exploring the emergence and inception of intersectionality concepts, the coeditors and contributors distinguish between the uses of intersectionality that s…
Wakanda for everyone
Black Panther’s (2018) Afrofuturistic cultural footprint—left by the utopic, fictional African country of Wakanda and its new King, T’Challa/Black Panther—was significant not just for the superhero film genre, but also for the representation of Africa, Black femininity, Black identity, and a mighty and self-sustaining society unimpacted by war or colonization. While the film was praised for its character development, story, and celebration of Bla…
Worldmaking with Aberoo
Based on narratives shared by queer Iranian Americans, this essay explores the cultural construct of aberoo (saving face for family and community) as a form of queer familial relationality. This work extends theorizations of queer worldmaking and relationality into familial contexts, which are crucial elements of identity for many queer people of color around the globe. Focusing on Iranian Americans in particular, this study demonstrates the futi…
Gender Studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Queer (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (2 works)