Jenkins, Beth (2020) Gender, Embodiment and Professional Identity in Britain, C.1890-1930. Cultural and Social History, 17 (4). pp. 499-514. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14780038.2020.1764463
Jenkins, Beth (2020) Gender, Embodiment and Professional Identity in Britain, C.1890-1930. Cultural and Social History, 17 (4). pp. 499-514. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14780038.2020.1764463
Jenkins, Beth (2020) Gender, Embodiment and Professional Identity in Britain, C.1890-1930. Cultural and Social History, 17 (4). pp. 499-514. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14780038.2020.1764463
Abstract
This article examines how the body, clothing and deportment were important elements in women’s negotiation of gendered professional identities, c.1890-1930. To emulate masculine attire or behaviour compromised their gender identity, but to embody traits associated with femininity could undermine their professional authority. Focusing particularly on women doctors and academics, the article argues that by the interwar period some women found it easier to reconcile embodied gender and professional identities, albeit in restricted ways. This was partly because of successes in female professionalisation and the increased visibility of women ‘role models’ which, in turn, influenced the self-shaping of successive generations.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Gender, class, body, clothing, physical appearance, professional identity |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 12 Jun 2020 17:36 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2024 17:38 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/27685 |
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