Young female citizens in education: emotions, resources and agency

In 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 a...

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Published in:Pedagogy, culture & society culture & society, 2008-07, Vol.16 (2), p.177-191
Main Authors: Gordon, Tuula, Holland, Janet, Lahelma, Elina, Thomson, Rachel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
agency
Agency and Structure
Citizenship
Cross Cultural Studies
Education
Educational Attainment
Empowerment
Ethnography
Females
Femininity
Finland
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Life Events
Longitudinal Studies
Power Structure
transitions
United Kingdom
Womens Education
Young Adults
young women
Youth
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Summary:In 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.
ISSN:1468-1366
1747-5104
DOI:10.1080/14681360802142146