The Pier Glass and the Candle: Reality, Perception, and Gender in the Fiction of George Eliot

Hartman, Joan E.

doi:10.4324/9781315223810-26

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“…However, he also notes that when men regain their power, these tactics can rebound on women and further entrench their inferior position in society and the masculine patriarchy. Hartman (2020) argues that nineteenth century women recognised the constraints of their domestic confinement but could not envisage an alternative, and so were unable to construct something different. This assumes that women had the power to alter the imposed gender construction.…”

Section: Theorising Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender construction and the invisibility of women’s accounting activities: the All Nations’ Fair of 1895

Halabi

Miley

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2022

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PurposeThis research explores the historical nexus between accounting and gender to illuminate male hegemonies within accounting. It examines the nature of that hegemony at the boundary between the female domain of household and philanthropic activities and the male domain of business and finance.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative research approach is used for this historical research. The primary source was digitised newspapers from the National Library of Australia. Newspapers have been used in previous historical accounting research and are relevant in this instance because they provide the only surviving data about the All Nations’ Fair. Given that newspapers were published daily, the depth of coverage is not replicated by other archival sources, and at that time provided a strong community voice.FindingsWomen undertook the management of and accounting for the All Nations’ Fair, a philanthropic activity designed to rescue the Geelong Cricket and Football Club from its parlous financial position. Despite women undertaking the work, the management of and accounting for, the Fair was attributed to men. This reflects a gendered construction of accounting that overpowers the reality of who undertook the work.Research limitations/implicationsThis research demonstrates only a single example of women’s philanthropic accounting, so is not generalisable. It suggests however that male hegemonies have exerted and continue to exert power over women.Originality/valueThe value of this paper is that historical examples serve as a corrective to histories that have ignored women’s contribution to accounting, particularly in philanthropic activities. The relationship between women’s accounting and gender also has contemporary significance. Gendered disadvantage and subjugation to a dominant masculine hegemony remain recurring themes in accounting research because they continue to impact adversely on the experiences of many women in accounting.

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Section: Theorising Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%