Title (eng)
"Nations are not born, but nursed"
the portrayal of women in nursing and caring positions in American literature
Parallel title (deu)
Die Darstellung von Krankenschwestern und Frauen in Pflegepositionen in der amerikanischen Literatur
Author
Kathrin Csencsics
Advisor
Astrid Fellner
Assessor
Astrid Fellner
Abstract (deu)
Ziel dieser Diplomarbeit ist es, das Bild der Krankenschwester in der U.S. amerikanischen Literatur zu analysieren und die Verbindung zwischen der Darstellung der Krankenschwester und dem Konstrukt der Nation aufzuzeigen, denn literarische Beschreibungen sind meist geprägt von individuellen, kollektiven und nationalen Ideologien. Zeitgenössische Texte können das übliche Bild der Krankenschwester entweder forcieren oder dekonstruieren. Diese Arbeit konzentriert sich auf eine überblicksmäßige Analyse, wie sich literarische Darstellungen von Krankenschwestern oder Frauen in Pflegepositionen vom 19. zum 20. Jahrhundert verändert haben.
Abstract (eng)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze the image of the nurse in the United States and to show the close connection between nation and nursing, as the nation building process depends to a great extent on the idea of the nurse. Traditional convictions as regards typical features of nurses usually include that a nurse has to be sensitive, subservient, loyal, self-sacrificing and caring. As these characteristics are commonly interpreted as typical female features, the profession as a nurse is often thought of as the “ideal” profession for women. The common belief is that being a nurse enables women to render an essential contribution for the existence and growth of the nation, whereas men mainly serve the nation in their roles as soldiers.
Contemporary literary texts often take up the idea of the nurse and either enforce or deconstruct typical images, depending on the message, the author tries to convey. Despite the fact that literature can on the one hand help to deconstruct general assumptions of how women and men have to be, one has to keep in mind that it is also literature that is responsible for the creation of such gender roles.
Keywords (eng)
nursenation
Keywords (deu)
KrankenschwesterNation
Subject (deu)
Type (deu)
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https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1251678
rdau:P60550 (deu)
100 S. : Ill.
Number of pages
104
Association (deu)
Title (eng)
"Nations are not born, but nursed"
the portrayal of women in nursing and caring positions in American literature
Parallel title (deu)
Die Darstellung von Krankenschwestern und Frauen in Pflegepositionen in der amerikanischen Literatur
Author
Kathrin Csencsics
Abstract (deu)
Ziel dieser Diplomarbeit ist es, das Bild der Krankenschwester in der U.S. amerikanischen Literatur zu analysieren und die Verbindung zwischen der Darstellung der Krankenschwester und dem Konstrukt der Nation aufzuzeigen, denn literarische Beschreibungen sind meist geprägt von individuellen, kollektiven und nationalen Ideologien. Zeitgenössische Texte können das übliche Bild der Krankenschwester entweder forcieren oder dekonstruieren. Diese Arbeit konzentriert sich auf eine überblicksmäßige Analyse, wie sich literarische Darstellungen von Krankenschwestern oder Frauen in Pflegepositionen vom 19. zum 20. Jahrhundert verändert haben.
Abstract (eng)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze the image of the nurse in the United States and to show the close connection between nation and nursing, as the nation building process depends to a great extent on the idea of the nurse. Traditional convictions as regards typical features of nurses usually include that a nurse has to be sensitive, subservient, loyal, self-sacrificing and caring. As these characteristics are commonly interpreted as typical female features, the profession as a nurse is often thought of as the “ideal” profession for women. The common belief is that being a nurse enables women to render an essential contribution for the existence and growth of the nation, whereas men mainly serve the nation in their roles as soldiers.
Contemporary literary texts often take up the idea of the nurse and either enforce or deconstruct typical images, depending on the message, the author tries to convey. Despite the fact that literature can on the one hand help to deconstruct general assumptions of how women and men have to be, one has to keep in mind that it is also literature that is responsible for the creation of such gender roles.
Keywords (eng)
nursenation
Keywords (deu)
KrankenschwesterNation
Subject (deu)
Type (deu)
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1251679
Number of pages
104
Association (deu)
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