ERIC Number: EJ1430057
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-5692
EISSN: EISSN-1465-3346
Girls' Education and the Cultural Capital of Pakistan's Urban Middle Class
Norin Taj
British Journal of Sociology of Education, v45 n3 p363-380 2024
This qualitative study employs a Bourdieusian framework to explore how urban middle-class parents in Pakistan support their daughters' education while transmitting cultural capital. Parents emphasize "talim-o-tarbiyat," referring to education and nurturing. I argue that, owing to the availability of educational resources and the recognition of the cultural capital conferred by Western qualifications, middle-class, educated urban parents choose Western education as "talim." Additionally, "Tarbiyat" motivates their aspirations for their daughter's education with specific cognitive references, notably "Ashraaf" values. Through boundary work and concerted cultivation, they reproduce cultural capital, influencing career choices and networks. Nevertheless, educated working women, experiencing a transformation of their habitus, foster new cognitive and social structures for themselves and their daughters. The study identifies desirable cultural capital, suggesting future research on exploring the conversion strategies of educated women's capital by considering diverse sociocultural factors that intersect with gender dynamics within both private and public spheres.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Womens Education, Urban Areas, Middle Class, Parents, Cultural Capital, Parent Role, Parent Aspiration, Academic Aspiration, Daughters, Parent Child Relationship, Career Choice, Cognitive Structures, Social Structure, Norms, Sex Role
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pakistan (Karachi); Pakistan
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