R Roodsaz
Biographic Data
| ID | 47058 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Roodsaz |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Roodsaz |
| SIGNATURE | ROODSAZ R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7416-6888 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The end or the revival of love
Drawing on ethnographic methods, this paper investigates the cultural and emotional dynamics of contemporary Consensual Non-Monogamy (CNM) in relation to late-modern conditions of "the end of love". It establishes a dialogue between the two fields of sociology of love and non-monogamies studies by asking whether emerging CNM represents the dissolution of romantic commitment in late modernity or an attempt to revive or reanimate love by seeking mo…
Recalcitrance and feminist pedagogy
This article discusses an anti-gender mobilisation at the University of Amsterdam that sparked a widespread media and political debate about the perceived threat of ‘wokeness’ to academic freedom. Our analysis draws from a range of experiences, including classroom dynamics, institutional hearings, meetings, and informal discussions among colleagues. We examine the challenges of care and feminist pedagogy considering allegations that gender and se…
Queering potentials
Using a critical feminist perspective, this article provides an ethnographic account of negotiations of gender relations, parenthood, and family in polyamorous relationships in the Netherlands. A conceptual framework is developed and employed to analyze the queering potentials of polyamory by looking at (1) a difference-oriented self, (2) expansion of political community, (3) deconstructions of gender, (4) enduring and unexpected care, and (5) an…
(Un)usual suspects
Choice and autonomy are at the heart of classic feminist debates about structure and agency. This article revisits those debates with two contemporary cases of polygyny and polyamory. While scholars of non-monogamies often portray polyamory as potentially liberating, an alternative to the dominant patriarchal model of dyadic marriage, polygyny is generally considered oppressive to women due to its communal and heteropatriarchal structures. Based …
Juggling Masculinities
To date, South Asian masculinity studies have largely investigated the construction of masculinities at the structural level, while subjective experiences have received little attention. This paper analyses data gathered from ethnographic research conducted among 40 adolescent boys living in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and asks: how do middle-class adolescent boys in Dhaka construct different ideals of masculinity and negotiate those in their everyday lif…
The ‘hard work’ of polyamory
The subversive potential of nonmonogamous relationships to provide nonpossessive and meaningful modes of bonding beyond heteropatriarchal monogamous relationships has been a concern of feminist scholarship and activism for more than a century. Focusing on polyamory in the Netherlands, this paper aims to contribute to this scholarship by putting power relations at the centre of analysis. Ethnographic participant observation and in-depth interviews…
Who is the sexually progressive subject? Sexual, cultural and ethnic (un)belonging among younger Iranian-Dutch
Over the past two decades, issues of sexuality and gender have increasingly become instrumentalized in us/them demarcations in public debates on the position of ethnic and religious minority groups living in Western countries. In these debates, a sexually progressive West is imagined as opposed to a sexually progressive Rest, policing exclusionary and inclusionary regimes of power. This article presents a diasporic account of sexual progressivene…
Enabling sexual self-fashioning
n Contains fulltext :\n 205876.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
Probing the politics of comprehensive sexuality education
n Contains fulltext :\n 182449.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
The Traps of International Scripts
In this article, we look at colonialities of gender and sexuality as concepts employed in international aid and development. These international arenas reveal not only strong reiterations of modernist linear thinking and colonial continuities but also provide insights into the complexities of the implementation and vernacularisation of gender and sexuality in practices of development. Using a critical anthropological perspective, we discuss case …
Enabling sexual self-fashioning
n Contains fulltext :\n 205876.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
The Traps of International Scripts
In this article, we look at colonialities of gender and sexuality as concepts employed in international aid and development. These international arenas reveal not only strong reiterations of modernist linear thinking and colonial continuities but also provide insights into the complexities of the implementation and vernacularisation of gender and sexuality in practices of development. Using a critical anthropological perspective, we discuss case …
Probing the politics of comprehensive sexuality education
n Contains fulltext :\n 182449.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
The Traps of International Scripts
In this article, we look at colonialities of gender and sexuality as concepts employed in international aid and development. These international arenas reveal not only strong reiterations of modernist linear thinking and colonial continuities but also provide insights into the complexities of the implementation and vernacularisation of gender and sexuality in practices of development. Using a critical anthropological perspective, we discuss case …
Who is the sexually progressive subject? Sexual, cultural and ethnic (un)belonging among younger Iranian-Dutch
Over the past two decades, issues of sexuality and gender have increasingly become instrumentalized in us/them demarcations in public debates on the position of ethnic and religious minority groups living in Western countries. In these debates, a sexually progressive West is imagined as opposed to a sexually progressive Rest, policing exclusionary and inclusionary regimes of power. This article presents a diasporic account of sexual progressivene…
Enabling sexual self-fashioning
n Contains fulltext :\n 205876.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
The ‘hard work’ of polyamory
The subversive potential of nonmonogamous relationships to provide nonpossessive and meaningful modes of bonding beyond heteropatriarchal monogamous relationships has been a concern of feminist scholarship and activism for more than a century. Focusing on polyamory in the Netherlands, this paper aims to contribute to this scholarship by putting power relations at the centre of analysis. Ethnographic participant observation and in-depth interviews…
(Un)usual suspects
Choice and autonomy are at the heart of classic feminist debates about structure and agency. This article revisits those debates with two contemporary cases of polygyny and polyamory. While scholars of non-monogamies often portray polyamory as potentially liberating, an alternative to the dominant patriarchal model of dyadic marriage, polygyny is generally considered oppressive to women due to its communal and heteropatriarchal structures. Based …
Juggling Masculinities
To date, South Asian masculinity studies have largely investigated the construction of masculinities at the structural level, while subjective experiences have received little attention. This paper analyses data gathered from ethnographic research conducted among 40 adolescent boys living in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and asks: how do middle-class adolescent boys in Dhaka construct different ideals of masculinity and negotiate those in their everyday lif…
Recalcitrance and feminist pedagogy
This article discusses an anti-gender mobilisation at the University of Amsterdam that sparked a widespread media and political debate about the perceived threat of ‘wokeness’ to academic freedom. Our analysis draws from a range of experiences, including classroom dynamics, institutional hearings, meetings, and informal discussions among colleagues. We examine the challenges of care and feminist pedagogy considering allegations that gender and se…
Queering potentials
Using a critical feminist perspective, this article provides an ethnographic account of negotiations of gender relations, parenthood, and family in polyamorous relationships in the Netherlands. A conceptual framework is developed and employed to analyze the queering potentials of polyamory by looking at (1) a difference-oriented self, (2) expansion of political community, (3) deconstructions of gender, (4) enduring and unexpected care, and (5) an…
The end or the revival of love
Drawing on ethnographic methods, this paper investigates the cultural and emotional dynamics of contemporary Consensual Non-Monogamy (CNM) in relation to late-modern conditions of "the end of love". It establishes a dialogue between the two fields of sociology of love and non-monogamies studies by asking whether emerging CNM represents the dissolution of romantic commitment in late modernity or an attempt to revive or reanimate love by seeking mo…
Gender Studies (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Human sexuality (5 works) · Law (5 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (5 works) · Marriage and Sexual Relationships (5 works) · Social science (5 works)