Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Education, Work and Catholic Life |
| Subtitle of host publication | Stories of Three Generations of Australian Mothers and Daughters |
| Editors | Anne Keary |
| Place of Publication | Singapore Singapore |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pages | 39-56 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811389894 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789811389887 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- qualitative longitudinal research
- Australian Mother-daughter Relationship
- Inter-generational Relationships
- Generation and Change
- continuity and change
- Girls' Education in Australia
- Women's Life Trajectories in Australia
- Australian Female Youth Transitions
- Catholic Schooling in Australia
- Multi-methodological Approach to Research
- education and training
- career aspirations
- transition to study and work
- post school options
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My maternal genealogy : remembering and looking back. / Keary, Anne.
Education, Work and Catholic Life: Stories of Three Generations of Australian Mothers and Daughters. ed. / Anne Keary. 1st. ed. Singapore Singapore : Springer, 2020. p. 39-56.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
TY - CHAP
T1 - My maternal genealogy
T2 - remembering and looking back
AU - Keary, Anne
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This is a story of a mother and daughter told through the eyes of their grand/daughters. The stimulus for it was a conversation I had with my mother about my grandmother Mary’s early twentieth-century photo album. The leaves of the album shed light on a middle-class Melbournian lifestyle post World War I. My grandmother and her mother Margaret’s religious and social identity could be arranged through the structures of the dominant ideologies represented in the black and white photography. Yet, this interpretation of Mary’s life left me, her grand- daughter dissatisfied as it gave shape to Margaret and Mary’s lives but it seemed to lack feeling. Binns (Art Network 1:20, 1979) notes: ‘...people live within certain roles and within certain restrictions, but they also can be assertive, can be inventive, can be creative in the way they conduct their lives’ (p. 42). I suppose what I, the auto/biographer and grand/daughter, looked for in my grandmother’s photo album and in my mother’s and aunt’s stories was a more imaginative whimsical feminist tale of my maternal forebears. Hence, this chapter explores these women’s lives and relationships through the impassioned gaze of a (great) granddaughter.
AB - This is a story of a mother and daughter told through the eyes of their grand/daughters. The stimulus for it was a conversation I had with my mother about my grandmother Mary’s early twentieth-century photo album. The leaves of the album shed light on a middle-class Melbournian lifestyle post World War I. My grandmother and her mother Margaret’s religious and social identity could be arranged through the structures of the dominant ideologies represented in the black and white photography. Yet, this interpretation of Mary’s life left me, her grand- daughter dissatisfied as it gave shape to Margaret and Mary’s lives but it seemed to lack feeling. Binns (Art Network 1:20, 1979) notes: ‘...people live within certain roles and within certain restrictions, but they also can be assertive, can be inventive, can be creative in the way they conduct their lives’ (p. 42). I suppose what I, the auto/biographer and grand/daughter, looked for in my grandmother’s photo album and in my mother’s and aunt’s stories was a more imaginative whimsical feminist tale of my maternal forebears. Hence, this chapter explores these women’s lives and relationships through the impassioned gaze of a (great) granddaughter.
KW - qualitative longitudinal research
KW - Australian Mother-daughter Relationship
KW - Inter-generational Relationships
KW - Generation and Change
KW - continuity and change
KW - Girls' Education in Australia
KW - Women's Life Trajectories in Australia
KW - Australian Female Youth Transitions
KW - Catholic Schooling in Australia
KW - Multi-methodological Approach to Research
KW - education and training
KW - career aspirations
KW - transition to study and work
KW - post school options
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-13-8989-4_3
DO - 10.1007/978-981-13-8989-4_3
M3 - Chapter (Book)
SN - 9789811389887
SP - 39
EP - 56
BT - Education, Work and Catholic Life
A2 - Keary, Anne
PB - Springer
CY - Singapore Singapore
ER -