From Being Figured to Figuring the World: Identity Work in Young Girls' Aspirations

Autor/in	Mani, Reema
Titel	From Being Figured to Figuring the World: Identity Work in Young Girls' Aspirations
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 54 (2022) 9, S.1097-1119 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mani, Reema)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/00131245211063881
Schlagwörter	Females; Youth; Foreign Countries; Academic Aspiration; Identification (Psychology); Self Concept; Influences; School Attitudes; Values; Communication Skills; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Ausland; Selbstkonzept; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Wertbegriff; Kommunikationsstil; Indien
Abstract	This article shows the significance of college-going aspiration in the future identities of young girls and the sources of such influence in their worlds. Using the figured worlds theory, the paper analyzes the process and implications of these young girls' college-going aspirations. Drawing on interviews and observations with nineteen young girls living in urban India, the study shows that their response to the normative good girl figure gives them a chance of going to college. Their imagined identity is linked to values and communicative competence, and their figuring shows their investment in their own cultural transformation. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01