The labour of loss: mourning, memory and wartime bereavement in Australia
In: Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare 7
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In: Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare 7
This innovative book marks a new way of looking at convict women. It tells their stories in a powerful and evocative way, drawing out broader themes of gender and sexual disorder and race and class dynamics in a colonial context. It considers the convict past in light of contemporary concerns, looking at the cultural meanings of aspects of life in the colony: on ships, in the factories and in orphanages. Using startlingly original research, Joy Damousi considers such varied topics as headshaving as punishment in the prisons and the subversive nature of laughter and play, as well as analysing the language of pollution, purity and abandonment. She also dicusses the nature of sexual relationships, including evidence of lesbianism. The book shows how understanding about sexual and racial difference was crucial for both the maintenance and disturbance of colonial society, and became a focus for cultural anxiety
In: Gender & history, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 612-624
ISSN: 1468-0424
This paper reflects on the impact of gender in the writing of history by considering the reception of Creating A Nation, the first gendered history of Australia. It argues that while there has emerged an impressive volume of feminist history and with it has come an important acceptance of women's historical experience, the reception of 'gender' within the historical profession has paradoxically been ambivalent and ambiguous. This is the case because of an unease about feminist theory and its relevance to history. There also remains a prevailing belief that a gendered neutral historical place exists, to which historians can retreat.
In: Australian feminist studies, Band 12, Heft 25, S. 59-75
ISSN: 1465-3303
In: Women's studies international forum, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 347-348
In: Labour history: a journal of labour and social history, Heft 68, S. 30
ISSN: 1839-3039
In: Labour history: a journal of labour and social history, Heft 73, S. 247
ISSN: 1839-3039
In: The Australian journal of politics and history: AJPH, Band 41, Heft 2, S. 322
ISSN: 0004-9522
In: Labour / Le Travail, Band 44, S. 217
In: The Journal of Military History, Band 61, Heft 2, S. 386
In: The journal of military history, Band 61, Heft 2, S. 386
ISSN: 0899-3718