TY - JOUR
T1 - Creating my own story
T2 - Catholic women's college students narrating their lives
AU - Enke, Kathryn A.E.
AU - Winters, Kelly T.
AU - Ropers, Rebecca
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Given the complex and gendered messages college women receive about their future professional and personal lives, a woman's college experiences play an important role in helping her make difficult life choices. In this article, we present a narrative analysis of the envisioned futures of students at two Catholic women's colleges in the Midwestern United States. Participants drew on a number of narrative themes when creating their rhetorical future lives, including sequencing or juggling multiple priorities, opting out of future work or family roles, using overarching principles to make decisions about future roles, and maintaining resistance to planning. Our findings suggest that holistic understandings of students' experiences must consider the complex ways in which identities, such as gender, are positioned within social narratives.
AB - Given the complex and gendered messages college women receive about their future professional and personal lives, a woman's college experiences play an important role in helping her make difficult life choices. In this article, we present a narrative analysis of the envisioned futures of students at two Catholic women's colleges in the Midwestern United States. Participants drew on a number of narrative themes when creating their rhetorical future lives, including sequencing or juggling multiple priorities, opting out of future work or family roles, using overarching principles to make decisions about future roles, and maintaining resistance to planning. Our findings suggest that holistic understandings of students' experiences must consider the complex ways in which identities, such as gender, are positioned within social narratives.
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U2 - 10.1353/csd.2013.0075
DO - 10.1353/csd.2013.0075
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84885769466
SN - 0897-5264
VL - 54
SP - 481
EP - 496
JO - Journal of College Student Development
JF - Journal of College Student Development
IS - 5
ER -