Discourses surrounding British widows of the First World War [[electronic resource] /] / Angela Smith |
Autore | Smith Angela (College teacher) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.3 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1914-1918 - Women - Great Britain
War widows - Great Britain - Social conditions - 20th century World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects - Great Britain |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-85343-4
1-78093-261-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 intensification strategies
DeclarationsRepresentatives; 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' 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 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511349803321 |
Smith Angela (College teacher)
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London, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013 | ||
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Discourses surrounding British widows of the First World War [[electronic resource] /] / Angela Smith |
Autore | Smith Angela (College teacher) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.3 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1914-1918 - Women - Great Britain
War widows - Great Britain - Social conditions - 20th century World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-283-85343-4
1-78093-261-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 intensification strategies
DeclarationsRepresentatives; 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' 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 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786585703321 |
Smith Angela (College teacher)
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London, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Discourses surrounding British widows of the First World War / / Angela Smith |
Autore | Smith Angela (College teacher) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.3 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1914-1918 - Women - Great Britain
War widows - Great Britain - Social conditions - 20th century World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-283-85343-4
1-78093-261-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 intensification strategies
DeclarationsRepresentatives; 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' 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 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825506003321 |
Smith Angela (College teacher)
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London, : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013 | ||
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Singled out [[electronic resource] ] : how two million British women survived without men after the First World War / / Virginia Nicholson |
Autore | Nicholson Virginia |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.81/53094109041 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1914-1918 - Women - Great Britain
War widows - Great Britain - Social conditions - 20th century Single women - Great Britain - Social conditions - 20th century World War, 1914-1918 - Social aspects - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-282-05392-2
9786612053924 0-19-970304-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Where Have All the Young Men Gone?; 2 'A world that doesn't want me'; 3 On the Shelf; 4 Business girls; 5 Caring, Sharing . . .; 6 A Grand Feeling; 7 The Magnificent Regiment of Women; Notes on Sources; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index |
Altri titoli varianti | How two million British women survived without men after the First World War |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910649622003321 |
Nicholson Virginia
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New York, : Oxford University Press, c2008 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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