Artikel
No more library classes for Catherine : marital status, career progression and library employment in 1950s England
Verfasst von:
Liladhar, Janine
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New York [u.a.]:
1999
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215 - 224 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Liladhar, Janine; Kerslake, Evelyn |
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| Jahr: | 1999 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| This article uses a discursive analysis to explore constructions of unmarried women in three 1950s library caree novels. We suggest that, within these texts, spinsters were constructed as oppositional to single women. Through a discussion of the stereotype of the library spinster we illustrate that spinsters were portrayed as old and unattractive, as "Other" to single women who were portrayed as young and heterosexually attractive, or "heterosexy". We also argue that whilst the stated aims of these career novels were to encourage teenage girls into library work, they also, paradoxically, along with other contemporary discourses, contributed to the impoverishment of some women's library career prospects. A significant factor in this curtailment was the marriage bar which we define in relation to employment generally and library work specifically. Our arguments are supported by reference to both library history and women's history. | |
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