Harbingers of Feminism? Gender, Cultural Capital and Education in Mid-Twentieth-Century Rural Wales

Autor/inn/en	Baker, Sally; Brown, Brian
Titel	Harbingers of Feminism? Gender, Cultural Capital and Education in Mid-Twentieth-Century Rural Wales
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 21 (2009) 1, S.63-79 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
Schlagwörter	Feminism; Females; Family Life; Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Gender Issues; Gender Bias; Equal Education; Social Bias; Poverty; Employed Women; Women Faculty; Career Choice; World History; Biographies; Cultural Capital; Academic Aspiration; Sex Role; Access to Education; Teaching (Occupation); Social Influences; Power Structure; Higher Education; United Kingdom (Wales) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Feminismus; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Geschlechterfrage; Geschlechterstereotyp; Armut; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Weltgeschichte; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Geschlechterrolle; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Sozialer Einfluss; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	This paper reports the results of a small-scale narrative study of men and women who grew up in mid-twentieth-century rural Wales, and their reminiscences regarding women and education. Although the dominant image of Wales during that era is that of a male-dominated society, all of our participants remembered influential independent women and educational aspiration for both girls and boys. We use Bourdieusian notions of types of cultural capital and the role of women in transmitting this to illuminate our participants' narratives. Accounts of family life disclosed themes of sacrifice concerning education, poverty during childhood and the role of school teaching as a career for women. Yet at the same time, there were forms of exclusion in operation. In conclusion, we suggest that in many ways, the women remembered by our participants could be seen as forerunners of the second wave of feminism. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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