Becoming Good Women

Laura Batatota has extensive experience in working within applied research and evaluation and has led impact functions across the not-for-profit and social sectors. Her research interests span anthropology of education, youth identities, social reproduction theories and aspirations, with a focus on South Asia.

Preface



Introduction: Nation-Building and Imagined Becomings at Mayadevi



Chapter 1. Becoming a Mayadevian: Schooling, Nation-Building, and the Construction of a National Identity

Chapter 2. ‘Who do I want to become?’ Ways of Aspiring Among Female Youth

Chapter 3. School Is Where You Should Be Learning; Tuition Is Something Extra

Chapter 4. Interrogating Ideas of Freedom and Becoming Within the Tuition Space

Chapter 5. Future Imaginings and Social Possibilities

Chapter 6. Becoming Someone: A Landscape of Social Possibilities



Conclusion



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