Bagguley, P orcid.org/0000-0001-6536-8322 and Hussain, Y (2016) Negotiating mobility: South Asian Women and Higher education. Sociology, 50 (1). pp. 43-59. ISSN 0038-0385
Abstract
Using qualitative and quantitative data this article explains how South Asian women’s attendance at university in Britain went from being exceptional in the 1970s to routine in the present century. Focusing upon the reflexivity of young South Asian women around issues of education, subject choice, marriage and careers in relation to their parents and their communities offers a better understanding than currently dominant social capital explanations of South Asian educational success. We show that conceptualising reflexivity in a variety of forms following Archer better accounts for the different educational trajectories at the intersection of relations of ethnicity, class, gender and religion. The educational and career outcomes and transformations entail complex forms of resistance, negotiation and compromise across intersecting identities. These developments are transforming class and gender relations within South Asian ethnicities.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2014. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Sociology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
Keywords: | Class; gender; mobility; reflexivity; South Asian; universities; women |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Joseph Rowntree Foundation 802613 Joseph Rowntree Foundation 802613 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2014 13:25 |
Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2020 10:21 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0038038514554329 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0038038514554329 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80513 |