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| Resilience among old Sami women | | Author(s) | Lena Alex |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 36, no 8, September 2016 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, September 2016 |
| Pages | pp 1738-1756 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Older women ; Ethnic groups ; Well being ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Qualitative Studies ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | There is lack of research on older indigenous women's experiences. This study uses the salutogenetic concept of resilience to explore how old women narrate their experiences of wellbeing and lack of wellbeing. Interviews with nine old Sami women were analysed according to grounded theory with the following themes identified: contributing to resilience and wellbeing built up from the categories feeling connected, feeling independent and creating meaning; and contributing to lack of lack of resilience and wellbeing built up from the category experiencing lack of connectedness. The older Sami women's narratives showed that, to a great extent, they were resilient and experienced wellbeing. They felt both connected and independent, and they were able to create meaning of being an older Sami woman. For older Sami women, having access to economic and cultural capital were valuable in experiencing resilience. Lack of resilience was expressed as experiences of discrimination, lack of connectedness, and living on the border of the dominant society. Analysis of the Sami women's narratives can give wider perspectives on women's health, deepen the perspectives on human resilience, and increase the understanding of minority groups in a multicultural world. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160820208 A |
| Classmark | BD: TK: D:F:5HH: DB: 3DP: 76P |
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