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OverviewMore Asian women are entering higher education in the UK than ever before, and the number looks likely to rise. Their engagement with higher education reflects widespread changes in the attitudes and cultural expectations of their various communities, as awareness grows of the greater long-term value associated with continuing in education. Today they face different challenges and share different ambitions from those of their mothers and grandmothers. This book examines the experiences of young Asian women in higher education and the difficulties they face because they have no shared background of engagement with the British university system. It considers what motivates them to succeed and describes their strategies for building support networks that help them succeed with the university setting and actively shape their lives. Taking a theoretical and empirical perspective Kalwant Bhopal examines the diversity of Asian women's experiences in higher education and provides original and valuable insights into their experience. She explores the friendship and support networks that women turn to whilst at university as well as familial support. Especially striking are her findings about the effect of higher education traditional practices such as arranged marriages and dowries, and about the empowerment generated by changing the economic status of women within British Asian society. Asian Women in Higher Education: Shared communities offers a new and original perspective on the educational experiences of Asian women at university. It will be invaluable to teachers, postgraduate and undergraduate students and academics interested in the study of gender, ethnicity, identity and higher education. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kalwant BhopalPublisher: Institute of Education Press Imprint: Trentham Books Ltd Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9781858564692ISBN 10: 1858564697 Pages: 142 Publication Date: 01 May 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsChapter 1: Understanding accounts of Asian women in British society Chapter 2: Communities and identities Chapter 3: Race, gender and identity Chapter 4: Asian women's experiences in higher education Chapter 5: The Academy Chapter 6: Friendship networks and support Chapter 7: Families and financial support Chapter 8: Arranged marriages, education and changing forms of identity Chapter 9: Dowries: past present and future Chapter 10: ConclusionsReviewsHer work exposes just how much universities and their predominantly White faculty and personnel must challenge themselves and radically change in both curriculum and pedagogy, and how much more they must open themselves to enable the entry and academic achievement of thousands more young working class Asian women from our inner cities. - Ethnicity and Race in a Changing World: a review journal Author InformationDr Kalwant Bhopal is Reader in Education and Director of the Pedagogy and Curriculum Research Centre at the University of Southampton (School of Education). She has published widely on the educational experiences of minority ethnic groups. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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