The Existential Self: Challenging and Renegotiating Gender Identity through Higher Education in England

Autor/in	Fuller, Carol
Titel	The Existential Self: Challenging and Renegotiating Gender Identity through Higher Education in England
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 30 (2018) 1, S.92-104 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2016.1241380
Schlagwörter	Self Concept; Sexual Identity; Working Class; Females; Sex Role; Higher Education; Educational Attainment; Occupational Aspiration; Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies; Secondary School Students; Student Attitudes; Interviews; Academic Aspiration; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstkonzept; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Arbeiterklasse; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterrolle; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Sekundarschüler; Schülerverhalten; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	This article explores perceptions of the role of education as a potential medium of transformation and a vehicle to challenge and renegotiate symbolic and cultural notions of gender identity. Drawing on data collected at two time points over 10 years, it considers four young women from working-class backgrounds in England who aspired to and then went on to higher education. It considers their earlier aspiration, their current occupations and how these link to their sense of a gendered self. In doing so it raises important questions about persisting cultural hegemony that promotes equality yet continues to position women as "mother" and "homemaker", leaving those who reject the identity feeling defiant and defensive. It also considers how, on the one hand, higher education can provide the means to renegotiate and redefine who one wants to be, yet on the other, does so at what appears to be the cost of existential angst. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01