From bread-maker to bomb-builder
(Re)constructing gender identity in the Canadian television series Bomb Girls
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15543773 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tracy Moniz (0000-0002-5078-4611, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 207-224 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1746-5648 • E-ISSN: 1746-5656 |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1108/qrom-11-2016-1459 |
| OpenAlex | W2752945450 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the construction of gender identity in the Canadian television series Bomb Girls (2012-2013), which depicted the lives of women working at a munitions factory during the Second World War. Design/methodology/approach This research is guided by a postmodern feminist and historiographic approach to organization studies. The study involved a qualitative content analysis of the series to explore the construction of gender identity among female factory workers, given traditional social constructions of gender prominent in wartime. Findings In its (re)construction and (re)negotiation of gender identity, Bomb Girls told a story about women’s working lives during the Second World War that reflected themes of independence, resilience and transformation. Research limitations/implications This paper contends that Bomb Girls is a revisionist work of postmodern feminist history that subverts gender norms and retrospectively offers a nuanced and progressive narrative about the lives of Canadian women who entered the workforce during the Second World War. Originality/value This research contributes to historiographical approaches to management and organization studies by bringing a postmodern feminist historical lens to the study of women’s work in a popular culture representation. In doing so, this research responds to long-standing and widespread calls for an “historic turn” in the field as well as for research that addresses gender as a central analytical category
Aesthetics · Art · Deconstruction (building · Historiography · Identity (music · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Negotiation · Originality · Political science · Postmodernism · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Workforce · Engineering · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Sports, Gender, and Society
Gender
Content Analysis in Mass Communication
Management and organizational history
Caution! This historiography makes wide turns
Players’ perspectives on the positive impact of video games
Resistance Is Not Futile
The King is Dead, Long Live the King
Doing Gender unto the Other
Fleeting Opportunities
Pierson, Ruth Roach, “They’re Still Women After All”
The Treatment of History in Organisation Studies
History, language, ideas and post‐modernism
The Interpretation of Cultures
Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
Becoming a (Virile) Member
The Plywood Girls
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |