Femininity and Social Mobility in Working Women’s Representations. Buenos Aires (1920-1940)

This article explores how porteño female workers have been represented in mass culture during 1920s and 1930s. In particular, it examines ideas of femininity and social mobility put into play in representations of secretaries and saleswomen, especially in penny novels and films. While the literature...

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Autor principal: Tossounian, Cecilia
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2018
Materias:
Feminidad
Movilidad social
Mujeres trabajadoras
Cultura de masas
Argentina
Femininity
Social Mobility
Female Workers
Mass Culture
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/18569
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spelling I10-R362-article-185692018-11-13T13:40:08Z Femininity and Social Mobility in Working Women’s Representations. Buenos Aires (1920-1940) Feminidad y movilidad social en las representaciones de mujeres trabajadoras. Buenos Aires (1920-1940) Tossounian, Cecilia Feminidad Movilidad social Mujeres trabajadoras Cultura de masas Argentina Femininity Social Mobility Female Workers Mass Culture Argentina This article explores how porteño female workers have been represented in mass culture during 1920s and 1930s. In particular, it examines ideas of femininity and social mobility put into play in representations of secretaries and saleswomen, especially in penny novels and films. While the literature on Peronism has shown how female workers were praised for their beauty and femininity, this article argues that this phenomenon emerged decades before, and was dissociated from the governmental realm. Mass culture portrayed the female worker as a beautiful, young woman who aspired to upward mobility through marriage, while at the same time it warned these women about the futility of mobility by showing the tragic destiny that awaited those young women. The article focalizes on female representations, but it also incorporates the images and voices of female workers who wrote letters to magazines and participated in beauty contests. Este artículo explora cómo ha sido representada la figura de la mujer trabajadora porteña en la cultura de masas durante las décadas de 1920 y 1930. En particular, examina las ideas de feminidad y de movilidad social puestas en juego en las representaciones de empleadas de tiendas y secretarias, especialmente en el folletín y en el cine. Mientras que la historiografía ha demostrado cómo durante el peronismo las mujeres trabajadoras fueron enaltecidas por su belleza y feminidad, este artículo argumenta que este fenómeno emergió en una etapa previa y estuvo disociado de la esfera estatal. La cultura de masas retrató a la trabajadora como una joven bella que aspiraba al ascenso social mediante el matrimonio, al tiempo que se le advertía cuán poco deseable era ese camino a través del despliegue del destino trágico que aguardaba a estas jóvenes. El artículo se focaliza en estas representaciones, pero incorpora también las imágenes y voces de mujeres trabajadoras que escribieron cartas a las revistas y participaron en concursos de belleza. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Historia 2018-07-04 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/18569 10.31049/1853.7049.v0.n13.18569 Anuario de la Escuela de Historia Virtual; Núm. 13 (2018); 88-105 1853-7049 10.31049/1853.7049.v0.n13 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/anuariohistoria/article/view/18569/20226 Derechos de autor 2018 Cecilia Tossounian
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format Artículo revista
topic Feminidad
Movilidad social
Mujeres trabajadoras
Cultura de masas
Argentina
Femininity
Social Mobility
Female Workers
Mass Culture
Argentina
spellingShingle Feminidad
Movilidad social
Mujeres trabajadoras
Cultura de masas
Argentina
Femininity
Social Mobility
Female Workers
Mass Culture
Argentina
Tossounian, Cecilia
Femininity and Social Mobility in Working Women’s Representations. Buenos Aires (1920-1940)
topic_facet Feminidad
Movilidad social
Mujeres trabajadoras
Cultura de masas
Argentina
Femininity
Social Mobility
Female Workers
Mass Culture
Argentina
author Tossounian, Cecilia
author_facet Tossounian, Cecilia
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title Femininity and Social Mobility in Working Women’s Representations. Buenos Aires (1920-1940)
title_short Femininity and Social Mobility in Working Women’s Representations. Buenos Aires (1920-1940)
title_full Femininity and Social Mobility in Working Women’s Representations. Buenos Aires (1920-1940)
title_fullStr Femininity and Social Mobility in Working Women’s Representations. Buenos Aires (1920-1940)
title_full_unstemmed Femininity and Social Mobility in Working Women’s Representations. Buenos Aires (1920-1940)
title_sort femininity and social mobility in working women’s representations. buenos aires (1920-1940)
description This article explores how porteño female workers have been represented in mass culture during 1920s and 1930s. In particular, it examines ideas of femininity and social mobility put into play in representations of secretaries and saleswomen, especially in penny novels and films. While the literature on Peronism has shown how female workers were praised for their beauty and femininity, this article argues that this phenomenon emerged decades before, and was dissociated from the governmental realm. Mass culture portrayed the female worker as a beautiful, young woman who aspired to upward mobility through marriage, while at the same time it warned these women about the futility of mobility by showing the tragic destiny that awaited those young women. The article focalizes on female representations, but it also incorporates the images and voices of female workers who wrote letters to magazines and participated in beauty contests.
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