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| Titel: |
Gender in Polar Air: Roald Amundsen and his Aeronautics |
| Auteur: |
Berg, Roald |
| Verschenen in: |
Acta borealia |
| Paginering: | Jaargang 23 (2006) nr. 2 pagina's 130-144 |
| Jaar: |
2006-12-01 |
| Inhoud: |
The aim of this article is to discuss the polar aeronautics of the 1920s as men, that is: to take seriously the obvious - but so far more or less ignored fact - that polar history is a gendered history: a man's history. It is time to ask what kind of men the polar aviators were: that is the purpose of scrutinizing polar history as a part of the history of masculinity. A more general purpose of gender studies is to study the variety of masculinity as an illustration of the historicity of human behaviour. The conclusion of the article is that the polar aviators were representatives of an archaic kind of masculinity that deviated from the hegemonic engineer-hailing masculinity of the 1920s. They were escapists, of course. They loved flying, of course - and certainly they worshipped technology. At the same time, however, they acted extremely emotionally and even irrationally towards themselves. They were dictated by their strong feelings in a degree that collided with both common sense and the ideals of correct manliness. Thus, the article is intended to be a contribution not only to the study of masculinity, but even to the discussion in social research on the meaning of emotions in human interrelationships. |
| Uitgever: |
Routledge |
| Bronbestand: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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