The boarding school girls : developmental and cultural narratives / Soosan Daghighi Latham, Roya Movahedi Ferdows.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Latham, Soosan Daghighi, author.

Ferdows, Roya Movahedi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Girls--Education--Iran--Case studies.

Girls.

Boarding school students--Iran--Case studies.

Boarding school students.

Girls--Iran--Social conditions--Case studies.

Girls--Education.

Girls--Social conditions.

Iran.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xii, 166 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

They were children. Put on a train in a strange land, they waved goodbye to a parent as they headed to an educational institution that, unbeknownst to them, was to become their new home. Separated from their loving families, they strived to meet the expectations of the grownups and, in some cases, to rebel against them. Now, independent women, compassionate mothers, and astute professionals, they look back on their youth in the 1960's and 1970's to make sense of why they were sent away, and to give meaning to the sources that have sustained them over the years. Ex-boarders themselves, Latham and Ferdows provide vivid and emotionally embodied narratives of everyday lives of The Boarding School Girls. This unique collection of stories explores key issues of identity and lifespan development to seek understanding of the influence of national, religious and family culture on development within two conflicting sets of cultural values. Combining unique qualitative data with illuminating tales of resilience and accomplishment in what is likely to simultaneously inform and inspire readers with feelings of joy and sadness, love and hate, abandonment and hope, but mainly trust and forgiveness. The stories of eleven 'little rich' Persian girls are a nostalgic reminder of their past cross-cultural ordeals, a pragmatic perspective on psychological implications of boarding school education in England, and a celebration of the possibilities of the future. The Boarding School Girls is valuable reading for students in cultural, developmental and educational psychology and the humanities, as well as clinical psychologists and educators looking at the impact of boarding school on adolescent development. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The shaping of a life 1

Introduction 3

1 Father knows best 7

2 It was what it was 23

3 This too shall pass 31

Summary 40

Part II A life lived 43

Introduction 45

4 Saghi or Sally? 49

5 Letters of hope 60

6 The rebel within 67

7 Mozart, my friend 76

8 What is the use of crying? 85

Summary 95

Part III Lives unknown 97

Introduction 99

9 Playing nice 101

10 It could have been 111

11 Passing it on 120

Summary 125

Part IV Lives we shared 127

Final thoughts 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138730656

1138730653

9781138730687

1138730688

OCLC:

988256125