Colonel’ barker
A case study in the contradictions of fascism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11445367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie Wheelwright (0000-0002-6982-4476, Transnational Press London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 40-48 |
| Publication date | 1989-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Immigrants & Minorities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0261-9288 • E-ISSN: 1744-0521 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02619288.1989.9974705 |
| OpenAlex | W2088562853 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
In 1929 ‘Colonel’ Barker, known as a leading light in a British Fascist organization, the National Fascisti, appeared in a London court on two counts of perjury. The Colonel’ was soon revealed as Valerie Arkell‐Smith, a woman who had married her lover, Elfreda Haward, in a Brighton Parish church and literally convinced hundreds of men with her disguise. The press coverage devoted to Valerie Arkell‐Smith's sensational trial for her activities as ‘Colonel’ Barker, reveals the intricate and complex workings of gender ideology in the late 1920s. This paper also explore the reasons why, in the post‐war era, notions of female emancipation became so closely linked with militarism that Fascism appealed directly to women
Emancipation · Ideology · Militarism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European history and politics · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |