Dust, dryness and departure’
Constructions of masculinity and femininity during the WWII drought
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12650582 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen Twigg (0009-0005-1104-7255, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 694-713 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1449-0854 • E-ISSN: 1833-4881 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14490854.2021.1993740 |
| OpenAlex | W3217525491 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The environmental instability that marked the WWII drought profoundly shaped human lives. Integrating gender and environmental history, this article investigates the emotional, sensory and social dimensions of settlers’ experience and illuminates how the meanings of dust and drought were gendered. While dominant norms of masculinity placed a high value on stoic endurance and framed departure as ‘failure’, parallel tropes of rural femininity evoked the environment’s ability to ‘unsex’ women, sapping their energy and vitality. These provided an explanation and justification for women’s decision to leave the land altogether
Aesthetics · Art · Femininity · Masculinity · Sociology · Vitality · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |