Racing Pulses
Gender, Professionalism and Health Care in Medical Romance Fiction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4495102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Agnes Arnold-Forster (0000-0002-8153-3217, McGill University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 157-181 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-27 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History Workshop Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-3554 • E-ISSN: 1477-4569 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hwj/dbab011 |
| OpenAlex | W3182833248 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Following the foundation of the NHS in 1948, a new sub-genre of romantic fiction emerged: 'Doctor-Nurse' romances, usually involving romance between a male doctor and a female nurse, were set in NHS hospitals. Drawing on the Mills & Boon archive and the novels themselves, this article explores representations of the health service and notions of gendered healthcare professionalism in postwar Britain. I argue that rather than presenting 'retrograde' and 'limited' views of women's lives, medical Mills & Boon novels frequently put forward nuanced versions of womanhood, professional identity, clinical labour, and the effective functioning of the welfare state
Aesthetics · Art · Business · Health care · Identity (music) · Literature · Political science · Romance · Service (business) · Set (abstract data type) · Sociology · Welfare · Gender Studies · Healthcare Systems and Challenges · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medicine · Nursing
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |