Working-Class Girls in a Foreign Land. Social Class and Settling into University in a Cross-Current between Two Cultures

Autor/in	Käyhkö, Mari
Titel	Working-Class Girls in a Foreign Land. Social Class and Settling into University in a Cross-Current between Two Cultures
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 27 (2015) 4, S.445-460 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2015.1028900
Schlagwörter	Social Class; Working Class; Females; Cultural Influences; Social Influences; Womens Studies; Student Employment; Phenomenology; Family Characteristics; Gender Issues; Coping; Student Adjustment; Social Distance; Help Seeking; Compliance (Psychology); Psychological Characteristics; Foreign Countries; College Faculty; Student Experience; Educational Environment; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Arbeiterklasse; Weibliches Geschlecht; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Studentenarbeit; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Geschlechterfrage; Bewältigung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Ausland; Fakultät; Studienerfahrung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Finnland
Abstract	In Finland, the financial status of a family does not in general place any restrictions on a person's studies. However, in spite of equality of opportunity, class as a cultural and social issue is a significant factor guiding the education of young people. In the article, I analyse women with a working-class background studying at university, starting with experiences of class as it is lived. The data for the study have been generated using the memory work method. The analysis shows how class is manifested in the women's experiences as a sense of themselves as outsiders, being alone or "on their own" and as feelings of inadequacy. The women are forced to find ways of doing things that suit them and to construct a space in which they can feel safe. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01