["Workpeople in general are healthier [...] than the masters". Experience of illness and masculinity in autobiographies of workpeople].

Jürgen Schmidt
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Workers' autobiographies of the late 19th and early 20th centuries depict, at length, diseases both in terms of physical description and impact, and in terms of psychological effects. Drastic physical defects and their consequences are explicitly described. Many writers appear weak against the primary presumption of the strong, male body of the workers. Mourning and dejection over the authors' own weaknesses and the illnesses of others (relatives and colleagues) are prevalent. However, the masculinity of the first-person narrator, in principle, is not eclipsed or overshadowed by doubt because of disease and weakened physical condition. Diseases are metaphors for bad social conditions which lead to weakness, whilst the authors succeeded in coping with their weaknesses by compensating with other abilities and talents.

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“一般来说,工人更健康……而不是大师”。工人自传中的疾病经验与男子气概]。
19世纪末和20世纪初的工人自传详细地描述了疾病对身体的描述和影响,以及对心理的影响。书中明确描述了严重的身体缺陷及其后果。许多作家都显得软弱无力,这与人们对工人强壮的男性身体的初步假设背道而驰。对作者自己的弱点和其他人(亲戚和同事)的疾病的哀悼和沮丧是普遍的。然而,第一人称叙述者的阳刚之气,原则上不会因为疾病和虚弱的身体状况而被怀疑所遮蔽或遮蔽。疾病是导致弱点的恶劣社会条件的隐喻,而作者则成功地通过其他能力和才能来弥补他们的弱点。
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