1. Introduction: Framing; 2. Conceptualizing boundaries of Respectable Femininity New Womenness: The proposed framework; 3. Reading the New Woman through Mobile Phone Advertisements: Capitals, Distinction and Respectability; 4. (Re)doing Respectability in the Workplace: Smart Dressing and Aesthetic Labour; 5. (Re)doing Respectability in the Family: Achieving to a 50-50 Work-Home Life Balance; 6. (Re)doing Womanhood: Pushing the Boundaries of Respectability…the Potential of Transgression; 7. Reflections; Bibliography
Nazia Hussein is Senior Lecturer in race at the University of Bristol, UK. Her research interests include postcolonial studies, feminist theory, critical race theory and cultural studies.
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