Description
This book explores the career aspirations, achievements and consequent social mobility of a group of British Pakistani women. It uses Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital to analyse how these women, living in a segregated Pakistani community located in a deprived northern town in the UK with poor employment opportunities, acquired the resources to pursue further and higher education, obtain qualifications and enter professional careers. The author discusses and analyses how cultural capital features in homes, schools and workplaces, as well as how the women navigate and modify intersecting gender, ethnic and class identities in order to create specific career trajectories. Illuminating the rich intersections of biography, history and society, the author captures important qualitative data which acts as a microcosm for contemporary discussions on social mobility, multiculturalism, Muslim communities, race, and gender in Britain.
Author: Aqsa Saeed
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/02/2023
Pages: 247
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9783030822637
ISBN10: 303082263X
BISAC Categories:
- Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
- Social Science | Sociology | General
About the Author
Aqsa Saeed is a UK-based scholar. After graduating from the University of Cambridge, teaching English in a secondary school and then in a pupil referral unit, she completed her PhD at the Open University. Her current academic interests are in educational research.