Maskrosbarn - vad innebär det?
(2012) SOPA63 20121School of Social Work
- Abstract (Swedish)
- The purpose of my study was to illustrate the concept of dandelion children by using an adult's description of her childhood. I wanted my study to focus on detailed descriptions of situations, events and feelings; therefore I used a qualitative approach and based my study on the autobiographies of three dandelion children. The questions on which I based my study are:
- Are there common themes that unite the autobiographies of the three dandelion children and, if so, what are they?
- On the basis of stories written by adult dandelion children, what does the term dandelion children signify?
- In which ways can dandelion children identify with the term stigma?
I found several common themes in the autobiographies, which were organised... (More) - The purpose of my study was to illustrate the concept of dandelion children by using an adult's description of her childhood. I wanted my study to focus on detailed descriptions of situations, events and feelings; therefore I used a qualitative approach and based my study on the autobiographies of three dandelion children. The questions on which I based my study are:
- Are there common themes that unite the autobiographies of the three dandelion children and, if so, what are they?
- On the basis of stories written by adult dandelion children, what does the term dandelion children signify?
- In which ways can dandelion children identify with the term stigma?
I found several common themes in the autobiographies, which were organised into three categories: Insecurity, strategies and acceptability. I found that all the authors describe the feeling of being outside the norms of society during their childhoods, this is what Erving Goffman (2011) described as being stigmatized. A person to open your heart to, or at least a person who sees or confirms the child, seems to be needed in order for the dandelion children to be able to carry the burden of being a dandelion child. (Less)
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- author
- Svensson, Agnes LU
- supervisor
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- Erika Werner LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Dandelion children (Maskrosbarn) – what does it mean?
- course
- SOPA63 20121
- year
- 2012
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Dandelion children, stigma, autobiographies
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 2701869
- date added to LUP
- 2012-06-11 19:27:20
- date last changed
- 2012-06-11 19:27:20
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abstract = {{The purpose of my study was to illustrate the concept of dandelion children by using an adult's description of her childhood. I wanted my study to focus on detailed descriptions of situations, events and feelings; therefore I used a qualitative approach and based my study on the autobiographies of three dandelion children. The questions on which I based my study are:
- Are there common themes that unite the autobiographies of the three dandelion children and, if so, what are they?
- On the basis of stories written by adult dandelion children, what does the term dandelion children signify?
- In which ways can dandelion children identify with the term stigma?
I found several common themes in the autobiographies, which were organised into three categories: Insecurity, strategies and acceptability. I found that all the authors describe the feeling of being outside the norms of society during their childhoods, this is what Erving Goffman (2011) described as being stigmatized. A person to open your heart to, or at least a person who sees or confirms the child, seems to be needed in order for the dandelion children to be able to carry the burden of being a dandelion child.}},
author = {{Svensson, Agnes}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Maskrosbarn - vad innebär det?}},
year = {{2012}},
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