- Title:
- She was built to be silent: the gendering of machinery in Canadian magazines during the second world war
- Creator:
- Ireland, Kristin
- Date Created:
- 2005
- Degree Awarded:
- Master of Arts
- Subjects:
- Gender identity Sex role 20th century World War, 1939-1945 Women Sex role in mass media
- Geographical Focus:
- Canada
- Supporting Materials:
- n/a
- Description:
- The study of how masculinity and femininity were expressed outside of male and female sexed bodies can be an effective approach to understanding the gendered ideologies of the past. To this end, this thesis explores the gendered and sometimes sexualized relationship between machines and their male and female users in the media during the Second World War, a time when women became involved in occupations and activities that were previously limited to men. This thesis is grounded in the relevant historiographical debates in Canada’s gender, social and media history, but applies postmodern cultural theories to the relevant primary material as it appeared in Maclean’s and Chatelaine magazines; specifically advertisements, fiction and non-fiction.Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Ireland, Kristin. 2005. "She was built to be silent: the gendering of machinery in Canadian magazines during the second world war", Department of History, Carleton University
- Link to this page:
- https://cuhistory.github.io/grads/items/hist_154.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright the author, all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.