A Man for Strength and a Woman for Good Looks”
Fishy Feminism and the Schooners of Gloucester
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16306294 |
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| Authors | Alison Glassie (0000-0001-8349-8382, Merck Serono (Italy), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 577-602 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The New England Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-4866 • E-ISSN: 1937-2213 |
| Publisher | MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/tneq_a_01050 |
| OpenAlex | W4405444720 |
| Language | EN |
In the second half of the nineteenth century, Gloucester's fishing schooners bridged masculinized and feminized labor and were central to negotiations about industry risk. Reading these vessels alongside literature, newspapers, and art, I argue that their complex cultural position is legible in their design and in constructions of their gender
Art · Feminism · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
| Highly cited | No |
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