'Her body [was] like a hard-worked machine': Women's work and disability in coalfields literature, 1880-1950

This essay considers the representation of women's work and disability in British coalfields literature in the period 1880-1950. Industrial settings are a rich source for literature concerned with bodily health, injury and disability and offer insights into the gendering of the working body whe...

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Main Author: Alexandra Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University Libraries 2017-11-01
Series:Disability Studies Quarterly
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Online Access:http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/6103