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Discourses Surrounding British Widows of the First World War.
Using extensive data - mostly gleaned from the National Archives - this book examines the way in which British widows of servicemen who died in the First World War were represented in society and by themselves, exploring the intertwining discourses of social welfare, national identity, and morality...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Pub.,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; The construction of widowhood; War widowhood; Data collection; The National Archives, Kew; Charity records; Public sphere' texts; Data selection; The case studies; Analysing the data; Conclusion; 2. Theoretical approaches; Discourse, ideology, power; Ideology; Texts and social structures; The development of critical discourse analysis; Intertextuality; Presuppositions/assumptions; The discourse-historical approach; Argumentation strategies; Formulations and reformulations; Frames; Speech acts, mitigation and intensifi cation strategies.
- Mitigation and intensifi cation strategiesMembership categorisation; Conclusion; 3. Historical context; Social and legal construction of women as carers; Children as the future strength of the nation; Women as carers; Charitable assistance and the foundations of State welfare: notions of the deserving and the undeserving poor; Separation allowances and widows' pensions; Conclusion; 4. Case study 1: Louisa Bayliss and 'unruly' widows; Data; Mother of the nation's children: 'An unsuitable guardian'; An unruly widow: 'To keep me all my life'; Pension on the basis of need: 'I can't live on air'
- Pension on the basis of moral obligation/right: 'For king and country'Compliance with the moral code: 'Her moral character has been good'; Ministry of Pensions correspondence: the obedient servant?; Conclusion; 5. Case study 2: Florence Bayliss and 'disallowed' widows; Background to post-war claims for widows' pensions; Florence Bayliss: pension disallowed; Pension as compensation: 'This is not a begging letter'; Post-war social welfare: 'This country owes me a lot'; Conclusion; 6. Conclusion; Widowhood, gender, morality and social welfare; Patriotism; Patriarchy; Eugenics and motherhood.
- Social welfare as remunerationBureaucracy and social control; Summary; Appendices; Appendix 1: Louisa's case fi le; Appendix 2: Florence's case fi le; Notes; Bibliography and references; Primary sources; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; V; W.