The Identity of Educated Women in India: Confluence or Divergence?

Autor/inn/en	Maslak, Mary Ann; Singhal, Gayatri
Titel	The Identity of Educated Women in India: Confluence or Divergence?
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 20 (2008) 5, S.481-493 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Womens Education; Womens Studies; Interviews; Personality Assessment; Personality Change; Personality Traits; Family Influence; Academic Aspiration; Occupational Aspiration; Self Concept; Social Psychology; Social Change; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Persönlichkeitsanalyse; Persönlichkeitstest; Persönlichkeitsveränderung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Selbstkonzept; Sozialpsychologie; Sozialer Wandel; Indien
Abstract	Under the combined effects of commercialisation, urbanisation, migration and employment, significant changes are taking place in India's process of modernisation. One change is the emergence of a population of women with degrees in higher education. These degrees, and the individuals' desire to pursue professional positions that relate to their education, may influence the ways in which women perceive their identity. This study explores the situations and circumstances of college-educated Indian females' identity and illuminates the complexities and consequences of the university-educated Indian woman's life. Twenty-five women from different parts of India were interviewed. The findings, which emerged by marital status, showed identities of single women appeared to be influenced by their interest to maintain a positive attitude about life, develop cognitive intelligence that relates to an interest, and explore the meanings of and learn independence. The identity of married, divorced and widowed women appeared to be affected by their goal to pursue an interest; need to balance personal interests and family responsibilities; and obligation to live in an extended family. The results are discussed in the context of shifting roles of women and the adoption of multifaceted identities. (Contains 7 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10