Balancing within various discourses - the art of being old and living as a Sami woman

Vitenskapelig artikkel. Del av Umea 85+ studien. Omhandler eldre samiske kvinners erfaringer. The aim of this part of the Umeå 85+ Study was to explore how indigenous women narrate their lives and their experience of being old as Sami women. Interviews with 9 old Sami women were analyzed using groun...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Health Care for Women International
Main Authors: Aléx, Lena, Hammarström, Anne, Norberg, Astrid, Lundman, Berit
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2006
Subjects:
sami
aged
women
Sweden
indigenous peoples
self
grounded theory
eldre
kvinner
same
urfolk
Sverige
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2444923
https://doi.org/10.1080/07399330600880509
Description
Summary:Vitenskapelig artikkel. Del av Umea 85+ studien. Omhandler eldre samiske kvinners erfaringer. The aim of this part of the Umeå 85+ Study was to explore how indigenous women narrate their lives and their experience of being old as Sami women. Interviews with 9 old Sami women were analyzed using grounded theory. The categories identified were “reindeer as the basis of life”, “longing for significant Sami values”, “feeling valued as a Sami woman”, and “changing for survival”; these evolved into the core category: “balancing within various discourses—the art of being old and living as a Sami woman”. Knowing how to balance provided the ability to make use of available opportunities.

Similar Items