2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Female Masculinity: Gender and Militalism in Great Britain during the First World War
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24520849
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Setsunan University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 西洋史 / イギリス史 / ジェンダー / 第一次世界大戦 / ミリタリズム / マスキュリニティ / 女性兵士 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The aim of this project is to conceptualise 'female masculinity' which extends beyond male body and reconcider the establshed notion that masculinity is inseparable from maleness or manliness. During the First World War the British government introduced women into the armed forces on the large scale. The women, who enlisted in the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps and stepped into the battle fields, destabialised binary gender systems. These 'fighting women' threatened not only the masculinity of soldiers but also the feminity of women on the home front. The 'female masculnity' could challenge the dominant masculinity that naturalised the relation between maleness and militarism.
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| Free Research Field |
西洋史
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