ERIC Number: EJ1431479
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0954-0253
EISSN: EISSN-1360-0516
Gendered Cultural Tightropes: Bicultural Latinas Navigating and Negotiating Familismo in American Doctoral Programmes
Jennifer Cabrera; Glenda M. Flores; Stephanie M. Reich
Gender and Education, v36 n6 p564-580 2024
Research underscores the 'gender reversal' in college enrolment and educational attainment that appears to favour women today. However, less is known about how Latinas navigate doctoral study demands and gendered cultural expectations within their ethnicity. We use Chicana/Latina Feminist Theory to explore how the ethnic cultural script of "familismo" intersects with the demands of doctoral study for bicultural Latina doctoral students of various generational and class levels. Drawing on 20 interviews with Latinas enrolled in American doctoral programmes, we find that they negotiate what we term "gendered cultural tightropes" as evinced by the importance of (1) Maintaining closeness amidst geographic separation; (2) Appraising parental "consejos" [nurturing advice] and; (3) Navigating familism within individualist values of the academy. We argue that these gendered cultural tightropes, imbued with the ideals of "familismo", are placed upon them because of the social categories they inhabit and are independent of class and immigrant generational level.
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Hispanic American Students, Females, Family Influence, Doctoral Students, Cultural Influences, Geographic Location, Interpersonal Relationship, Parent Child Relationship, Intersectionality, First Generation College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
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