'A rod of her own' : women and angling in victorian North America

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dc.contributor.authorMcMurray, David
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorMacDonald, Heidi
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-29T16:32:29Z
dc.date.available2007-11-29T16:32:29Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionviii, 197 leaves ; 29 cm.en
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/537
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2007en
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historyen
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Arts and Scienceen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen
dc.subjectWomen fishers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryen
dc.subjectFishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryen
dc.subjectFishing -- Great Britain -- Sociological aspectsen
dc.subjectWomen fishers -- Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th centuryen
dc.title'A rod of her own' : women and angling in victorian North Americaen
dc.typeThesisen
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