dc.contributor.supervisor |
MacDonald, Heidi |
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dc.contributor.author |
McMurray, David |
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dc.contributor.author |
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2007-11-29T16:32:29Z |
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dc.date.available |
2007-11-29T16:32:29Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2007 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/10133/537 |
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dc.description |
viii, 197 leaves ; 29 cm. |
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dc.description.abstract |
This thesis will argue that angling was a complex cultural phenomenon that had developed into a respectable sport for women during the Early Modern period in Britain. This heterogeneous tradition was inherited by many Victorian women who found it to be a vehicle through which they could find access to nature and where they could respectably exercise a level of authority, autonomy, and agency within the confines of a patriarchal society. That some women were conscious of these opportunities and were deliberate in their use of angling to achieve their goals while others happened upon them in a more unassuming manner, underscores how angling also functioned as a canopy of camouflage within Victorian society. In other words, though it outwardly appeared as a simple recreational activity, angling possessed the ability to function as a meta-narrative for its adherents, where the larger experiences and intentions of women became subtly intertwined, if not hidden, within the actual activity itself. |
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dc.language.iso |
en_US |
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dc.publisher |
Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2007 |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Thesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science) |
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dc.subject |
Dissertations, Academic |
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dc.subject |
Women fishers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century |
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dc.subject |
Fishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century |
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dc.subject |
Fishing -- Great Britain -- Sociological aspects |
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dc.subject |
Women fishers -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century |
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dc.title |
'A rod of her own' : women and angling in victorian North America |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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dc.publisher.faculty |
Faculty of Arts and Science |
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dc.publisher.department |
Department of History |
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dc.degree.level |
Masters |
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