Forging Habsburg Muslim girls: gender, education and empire in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878–1918)

Giomi, Fabio

doi:10.1080/0046760x.2014.1002016

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“…The mould in our community seems to be just as rigid and set as the examples of Giomi (2015) and Hasan (2019). What differs is the focus of the research process.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…What differs is the focus of the research process. While Giomi (2015) and Hasan (2019) focus on how people construct their own realities through negotiation, trying to tame the mould and negotiate the result – the forged iron – we instead shed light on the pouring by the smiths, meaning how the ideas and ideals about the Entrepreneur become a reality in this community. No matter the identity work by the gardener, the gendered expectations, ideas and ideals are set by the smiths in the community.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Forging as a metaphor has been used previously in relation to gender to discuss identities. Giomi (2015) uses it to discuss how girls in Bosnia and Herzegovina became forged into the same mould with a mission to "civilize" Muslim girls. In this context, the mould was the expectations and ideals for a proper mother.…”

Section: Forging As a Metaphor In Social Constructionismmentioning

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Forging an entrepreneur – gendered ideas and ideals

Roos,

Pettersson

2024

IJGE

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the gendered ideas and ideals attached to an imagined ideal Entrepreneur in a post-industrial rural community in Sweden. While research has not yet clearly explained how the ideal entrepreneur is constructed, the result, i.e. the gendered representations of entrepreneurs, is well-researched. Previous results indicate a prevalent portrayal of entrepreneurship as a predominantly masculine construct characterised by qualities such as self-made success, confidence and assertiveness.Design/methodology/approachEthnographic fieldwork was conducted in a community that is attempting to re-brand itself through garden tourism. Through inductive reasoning, this study analyses the gendered ideas and ideals regarding the community’s imagined ideal Entrepreneur who is to help the community solve its problems.FindingsThis study finds that the community forges the Entrepreneur into an imagined masculine ideal as holy, a saviour and a god and is replacing its historical masculine ironmaster with a masculine Entrepreneur. This study develops forging as a metaphor for the construction of the masculine ideal Entrepreneur, giving the community, rather than the entrepreneur himself, a voice as constructors. From social constructionism, this study emphasises how gendered ideas and ideals are shaped not only by the individual realities but more so in the reciprocal process by the realities of others.Originality/valueThe metaphor of forging adds an innovative theoretical dimension to the feminist constructionist approach and suggests focusing on how the “maleness” of entrepreneurship is produced and reproduced in the local. Previously, light has been shed on how male entrepreneurs perform their identities collectively; the focus of this study is on the social construction of this envisioned Entrepreneur within a rural community. The development of forging thus contributes as a way of analysing entrepreneurship in place. The choice of an ethnographic study allowed the authors to be a part of the real-life world of community members, providing rich data to explore entrepreneurship and gender.

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“…The mould in our community seems to be just as rigid and set as the examples of Giomi (2015) and Hasan (2019). What differs is the focus of the research process.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Forging As a Metaphor In Social Constructionismmentioning

confidence: 99%

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