Being an Educated Woman in India: A Phenomenological Approach to Narratives

Autor/inn/en	Sharma-Brymer, Vinathe; Fox, Christine
Titel	Being an Educated Woman in India: A Phenomenological Approach to Narratives
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative Education, 38 (2008) 3, S.321-333 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
Schlagwörter	Bachelors Degrees; Outcomes of Education; Females; Foreign Countries; Phenomenology; Womens Education; Hermeneutics; Interviews; Personal Narratives; Experience; Social Influences; Conflict; Cultural Influences; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Hermeneutik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Erlebniserzählung; Erfahrung; Sozialer Einfluss; Konflikt; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Indien
Abstract	In this article we describe the application of a phenomenological hermeneutical method for interpreting interview texts. The subject of the interviews was to ask "what is the experience of being an educated woman" and get to the core of the experience as much as possible. Using an exploratory phenomenological method to document women's narratives assumes significance to seek the meanings of women's experiences, not truths. Texts were read as a whole, as parts and then again as a whole, recognising patterns of commonalities and differences within an individual's narrative and across individuals' narratives. Layers of sub-themes, main themes and a phenomenological theme were created for a deeper understanding of the lived experience. This understanding reveals new possibilities to understand the experience of being an educated woman. Methodologically the narratives illuminate women's tensions and conflicts. Theoretically, their insights provide newer ground to analyse educated women's experiences lived in a particular socio-cultural structure. Especially if there are contradictions in what is prophesised and what is actually lived. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10