Becoming Good Women

Schooling, Aspirations and Imagining the Future Among Female Students in Sri Lanka

AvLaura Batatota

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Lifeworlds: Knowledges, Politics, Histories

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Beskrivning

For female Sinhalese students attending a national school in the Central Province of Sri Lanka, the school serves as a significant base for cultural production, particularly in reproducing ethno-religious hegemony under the guise of ‘good’ Buddhist girls. It illustrates that tuition space acts as an important site for placemaking, where students play out their cosmopolitan aspirations whilst acquiring educational capital. Drawing on theories of social reproduction, the book examines young people’s aspirations of ‘figuring out’ their identity and visions of the future against the backdrop of nation-building processes within the school.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-11-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:395 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Lifeworlds: Knowledges, Politics, Histories
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:Berghahn Books
ISBN:9781805397625

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Laura Batatota has extensive experience in working within applied research and evaluation and has led impact functions across the not-for-profit and social sectors. Her research interests span anthropology of education, youth identities, social reproduction theories and aspirations, with a focus on South Asia.

Innehållsförteckning

PrefaceIntroduction: Nation-Building and Imagined Becomings at MayadeviChapter 1. Becoming a Mayadevian: Schooling, Nation-Building, and the Construction of a National IdentityChapter 2. ‘Who do I want to become?’ Ways of Aspiring Among Female YouthChapter 3. School Is Where You Should Be Learning; Tuition Is Something ExtraChapter 4. Interrogating Ideas of Freedom and Becoming Within the Tuition SpaceChapter 5. Future Imaginings and Social PossibilitiesChapter 6. Becoming Someone: A Landscape of Social PossibilitiesConclusionBibliography