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Young female citizens in education: emotions, resources and agency
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-08, 11:17 authored by Tuula Gordon, Janet Holland, Elina Lahelma, Rachel ThomsonRachel ThomsonIn this article we are concerned with how young women’s subjectivities are constructed within relations of power, particularly in the context of schooling and the transition to adulthood. We focus on the possibilities and limitations for agency to be exercised by women in the education system and more generally, the resources that they can draw on, and how citizenship is implicated in this process. The process is fraught with emotion, the desire for educational achievement and for agency, ambivalence about appropriate femininity, contradictions in the route from dependence to independence. We draw on empirical research comparing young women’s experiences in Finland and the UK, placing those experiences in the broader social, cultural and political context.
History
Publication status
- Published
Journal
Pedagogy, Culture and SocietyISSN
1468-1366Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
Issue
2Volume
16Page range
177-191Department affiliated with
- Social Work and Social Care Publications
Full text available
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Peer reviewed?
- Yes