Creating and Responding to the Gen(d)eralized Other

Women Miners' Community-Constructed Identities

Bibliographic Data

ID12099290
AuthorsKristen Lucas (0000-0003-1645-6603, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, corresponding author), Sarah Steimel (0000-0002-1156-929X, University of Nebraska–Lincoln), Sarah J Steimel
Year2009
Volume32
Issue3
Pages320-347
Publication date2009-10-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueWomen s Studies in Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0749-1409 • E-ISSN: 2152-999X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07491409.2009.10162393
OpenAlexW2137584339
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited32

An analysis of interviews with mining families reveals that gender identity construction is a collaborative process that draws upon broader community discourses. Male miners and non-mining women created a generalized other for women as “unfit to mine” (i.e., women are physically too weak to mine, are easy prey, and are ladies who do not belong in the mines). Female miners responded with gendered discourses that distanced themselves from and linked themselves to the generalized other

Aesthetics · Art · Identity (music · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Studies · Mining and Resource Management · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

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