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Author_Julia Hallam
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gendered healthcare roles
General Nursing
Health Care Assistants
Home Town
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Independent Television
London Teaching Hospital
Male Nurses
Medical Melodrama
Nurse Romances
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Nursing History
Nursing Work
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occupational identity formation
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qualitative media research
recruitment advertising analysis
Recruitment Literature
representations of nurses in British media
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sociological perspectives nursing
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Tender Loving Care
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Product details
- ISBN 9780415184557
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Aug 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Ideas of 'nursing' and 'nurses' carry a powerful social charge. The image of the nurse continues to be a symbol of caring and of duty at the same time as it projects a view of femininity, 'stereotypical' in its gender relations.
How has this image come to be constructed?
An empirical investigation of representations of nursing practices in Britain focusing on publicity and promotional materials and their relationship to popular fictional narratives reveals a strong correlation between what are usually described as discrete forms of signification. Recruitment images, provide an important source of information and inspiration for those considering nurse training. Julia Hallam, draws from a wide range of sources including biographies, marketing and recruitment literature, popular fiction and film to explore this question. In doing so she makes an original contribution to the debates surrounding gender and occupational identity.
The book will provide a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses such as the social history of nursing, the understanding of health and illness, women's studies, gender studies and sociology courses.
Julia Hallam is Director of English and Communication Studies, University of Liverpool.
