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To lead and to mother: Contradictory constructions of new femininities in an elite girls' school in Hong Kong

Title:
To lead and to mother: Contradictory constructions of new femininities in an elite girls' school in Hong Kong
Source Title:
Routledge international handbook of schools and schooling in Asia
Authors:
- Lee, Dorothy Wing Huen
- Chan, Kit Wa Anita
Source Editors:
- Kennedy, K. J.
- Lee, J. C. K.
City Published:
New York
Publisher:
Routledge
Year Published:
2018
Education Categories:
- P Social Context of Education
  - PB Comparative Education
- P Social Context of Education
  - PI Education of Girls & Women, Gender Roles; Gender; Femininities; Masculinities; Sexualities
Region:
- Hong Kong
Period:
- 1997.7 onwards
Level:
- Unknown or Unspecified
Abstract:
In the past two decades, young women's educational performance in Hong Kong has gradually improved; yet this has sparked concern over boys' "under-achievement." Despite prevalent concern, however, few academic studies have seriously considered this complex phenomenon. Inspired by feminist discussions on this topic, this chapter explores the contradictory construction of successful female leaders in an elite girls' school in Hong Kong. The discussion aims to show that the discourse and expectations of "successful girls" are similar to those in Anglophone countries and that they are intimately linked to Hong Kong's neoliberal educational reforms, middle-class oriented, and fraught with contradictions. Copyright © 2018 selection and editorial matter, Kerry J. Kennedy and John Chi-Kin Lee; individual chapters, the contributors.
Language:
- English
Document Type:
Book Chapters
ISBN:
- 9781138908499
DOI:
- 10.4324/9781315694382
Permalink:
https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/en/bibs/9c829980
Entry Date:
2018-09-10