Gender Ideology as Reflected in the Dictionary of National Biography and its Cultural Background

• Project/Area Number: 25770106
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: Hasegawa Masayo 高知大学, 教育研究部人文社会科学系教育学部門, 講師 (30423867)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: DNB / ヴィクトリア朝 / ジェンダー / レディ・トラヴェラー / 女流作家 / Richard Garnett / イギリス国民伝記辞典

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aimed to reveal the gender characteristics of the Dictionary of National Biography (DNB) by analysing individual articles. The research mainly analysed articles written about lady travellers of the 19th century and women of letters of the 18th and 19th centuries. This analysis demonstrated that the DNB espoused the view that women should be angels of the house, and saw their proper realm as exclusively the domestic sphere. The DNB went so far as to ignore its own editorial policies in order to endorse these notions. This research therefore concluded that the DNB was deeply steeped in contemporary Victorian gender ideology.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Dictionary of National Biographyとヴィクトリア朝のジェンダー・イデオロギー―家庭の天使に姿を変えられたMary Kingsley (2014)
  • Author(s): 長谷川雅世
  • Journal Title: ヴィクトリア朝文化研究 Volume: 12 Pages: 5-26
  • NAID: 40020721887
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] 「The Dictionary of National Biographyにおけるジェンダー ― レディ・トラベラーを中心に」 (2013)
  • Author(s): 長谷川雅世
  • Organizer: 京都府立大学英文学会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都府立大学