Henrika Donner. Domestic Goddesses; Maternity, Globalization and Middle-class Identity in Contemporary India

Tenhunen, Sirpa

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“…Most youth were from an upper-middle to middle-class background in terms of their economic, cultural and social capital (Bourdieu, 1986) and were therefore not a representative sample in terms of class (see Trow, 1957). Their fathers (mothers were largely home makers) were occupationally mobile, mostly in professional jobs, that aided their upward mobility (Beteille, 1991;Ball, 2003;Devine, 2004;Donner, 2008). Their class backgrounds have implications on the results as the following sections indicate.…”

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“…Factors affecting aspirations and employment were coded into themes discussed earlier, such as the influence of the family, peers and that of the neighbourhood, among others. Strategies employed by the respondents were coded into employing familial networks (see Beteille, 1991;Ball, 2003;Donner, 2008) and social networks (Granovetter, 1983;Lin, 1999), preparing for further education, and so on.…”

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“…Other respondents were middle-class who were mainly reaping the benefits of their parents' investment in quality school and higher education (Beteille, 1991;Donner, 2008). Some like Amanat, a female respondent approaching her mid -thirties, were the regional head of a financial firm in India.…”

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Understanding aspirations among Muslim youth in India through Sequential mixed-methods design

Salman

2023

Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/Bulletin de Méthodologie S

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This article is a note on the research methods employed during the author’s doctoral research on the topic of aspirations and social mobility in north-India. Looking into the question of employment based aspirations of youth from the minority Muslim community in Delhi, the article employs a mixed-methods approach. The research relies on an older qualitative work by the author in a segregated area in Delhi, on the same themes, to inform the questions of a quantitative study, based on the survey method. The results of the survey are enriched by adding depth and nuance through a follow up qualitative round, employing the life-history method. This article uses the concept ‘frustrated freedom’ developed in the context of Mozambique and Guatemala to analyse the results obtained from the mixed- methods design. The article argues that while aspirations and claims for upward mobility (or agency) of Muslim youth are high, despite consistent socio-economic and political marginalization of the community in India, their ability to achieve these aspirations remains low. This is primarily due to the limited opportunity structures available for them, particularly for the youth living in segregated spaces in Delhi.

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Section: Research Methods Employed In Jamia Nagarmentioning

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Understanding aspirations among Muslim youth in India through Sequential mixed-methods design

Salman

2023

Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/Bulletin de Méthodologie S

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“…In India, too, women need to marry and have a child to cement their legitimacy and achieve full personhood as mature adults. In this context, Henrike Donner (2008, 91) describes how, “Once married, the new wife and daughter‐in‐law goes through an extended liminal phase of resocialization in her in‐laws’ house, a phase which only ends when she gives birth.”…”

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Tactical strangers: Mobility, trade, and gendered strangerhood in West Africa

Jónsson

2023

American Anthropologist

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Mande women in West Africa unable or unwilling to conform to patriarchal gender expectations risk being evicted from social and kinship support structures. Some nonconformist women from Mali respond to this predicament by engaging in tactical strangerhood: they choose to remain on the social margins, capitalizing on their situation as strangers by working as foreign traders in Dakar (Senegal). Tactical strangerhood entails only partial inclusion into patriarchal family and social structures and constitutes one of the nonconformist ways in which women in West Africa enact gender roles. Long-distance trade and travel by Mande women have led to new forms of gendered strangerhood, challenging-and potentially transformingdominant ideologies of gender differentiation in this part of West Africa. By engaging in tactical strangerhood, women develop new forms of gendered subjectivity. Tactical strangerhood can therefore be considered an implicitly feminist and emancipatory exercise.

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“…With these changes, women are experiencing transition in terms of work expectations, family life, and environment. 1,2 The negative effects of globalization and urbanization affect low-income persons disproportionately and include expansion of slums and shifting role expectations to survive. As a result, globalization and urbanization are known to affect physical and mental health negatively, often resulting in decreased psychological security, and increased isolation and lack of support.…”

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Factors Predicting Mental Health Among Women in Low-Income Communities of a Changing Society: A Mixed-Methods Study

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Siva³

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IJWH

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Purpose To explore women’s mental health in India’s rapidly changing society. Participants and Methods A convenience sample of low-income women (N = 286) in a medium-sized city in South-India participated in a mixed-methods, exploratory study in 2022. Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval was received from Loma Linda University in the US, and Christian Medical College-Vellore in India, in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki, prior to data collection. All study materials were forward and back translated for Tamil, the local language. Phase 1(n = 25) involved audio recorded key-informant interviews and focus groups. Verbatim transcripts were inductively coded, and emerging themes identified. Phase 2 (n = 261) entailed a quantitative survey including demographics, health history, and validated scales measuring mental health symptoms, coping strategies, social support, living situation, and life satisfaction. Data collectors were gender and language matched, research trained, community health nurses. Results Qualitative themes included: 1) benefits of living in the city, 2) double duty for women doing household work and paid work, 3) challenges of living in the urban environment, 4) advantages of living in the village, 5) struggles associated with village life. Quantitative results: the average Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL) score of 1.82 ( SD = 0.70) exceeded the 1.65 cut-off score for anxiety and depression symptomology. Among participants with elevated HSCL scores (n = 129) the average was markedly elevated ( M = 2.39, SD = 0.56). These women were more likely to rely on wishful thinking, religious coping, and reported more post-migration living difficulties, less social support, and less satisfaction with life. Regression analysis further explored variables associated with participant HSCL scores. Conclusion In this sample of low-income urban-dwelling women depression and anxiety symptomology was elevated. Given the limited mental health workforce and cultural stigmatization of mental health issues, further attention is required.

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Henrika Donner. Domestic Goddesses; Maternity, Globalization and Middle-class Identity in Contemporary India

Abstract: HENRIKA DONNER. Domestic Goddesses: Maternity, Globalization and Middle-class Identity in Contemporary India. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008. Pp. 230. ISBN:978-0-7546-4942-7.

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Understanding aspirations among Muslim youth in India through Sequential mixed-methods design

Understanding aspirations among Muslim youth in India through Sequential mixed-methods design

Tactical strangers: Mobility, trade, and gendered strangerhood in West Africa

Factors Predicting Mental Health Among Women in Low-Income Communities of a Changing Society: A Mixed-Methods Study

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