LEADER 04507nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910825506003321 005 20230126210015.0 010 $a1-283-85343-4 010 $a1-78093-261-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000308461 035 $a(EBL)1080354 035 $a(OCoLC)821178784 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000914028 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11470957 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000914028 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10861587 035 $a(PQKB)10893930 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1080354 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000308461 100 $a20121127d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDiscourses surrounding British widows of the First World War /$fAngela Smith 210 $aLondon $cBloomsbury Academic$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4725-7070-7 311 $a1-78093-201-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 intensification strategies 327 $aDeclarationsRepresentatives; Commissives; Directives; Expressives; Mitigation and intensification strategies; Membership 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' 327 $aAn 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 327 $aWidowhood, gender, morality and social welfarePatriotism; Patriarchy; Eugenics and motherhood; Social welfare as remuneration; Bureaucracy and social control; Summary; Appendices; Appendix 1: Louisa's case file; Appendix 2: Florence's case file; 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 330 $aUsing 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 that can be identified in these texts. Focusing on two widows, the book encourages their individual stories to emerge and gives a voice to an otherwise forgotten group of women whose stories have been lost under the literary tomes of middle-class writers such as Vera Brittain and May Wedderburn Cann 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xWomen$zGreat Britain 606 $aWar widows$zGreat Britain$xSocial conditions$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xSocial aspects$zGreat Britain 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xWomen 615 0$aWar widows$xSocial conditions 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xSocial aspects 676 $a940.3 700 $aSmith$b Angela$c(College teacher)$0174697 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825506003321 996 $aDiscourses surrounding British widows of the First World War$94105961 997 $aUNINA