LICENTIATUPPSATS Luleå tekniska universitet

• Main Authors: Lena Forsberg, Att Utveckla Handlingskraft
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Luleå
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.600.7667; http://epubl.ltu.se/1402-1757/2007/43/LTU-LIC-0743-SE.pdf

Developing power to act – a study of how girls create an identity in a horse stable milieu. By Lena Forsberg This thesis is about organized riding as an arena for girls ’ leisure ac-tivity, in which they create a specific identity. My aim was to interpret and analyze the way girls create meaning out of the social and cultural context of the riding school. Particular focus is put on how gender is constructed through activities and actions within the discourses re-vealed through language, rules and symbols. My questions of research are: What does the cultural practice in the stable look like? What di-mensions are important for the girls ’ identity creation? How do the girls position themselves through action, language and symbols? Which gender positions are available? Which positions are valued and not valued within the stable? How do their positions in the stable dif-