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A Dentist and a Gentleman: Gender and the Rise of Dentistry in Ontario

A Dentist and a Gentleman: Gender and the Rise of Dentistry in Ontario

Adams, Tracey L.

Paperback

Medical ReferenceCanadian History

ISBN10: 1487505582
ISBN13: 9781487505585
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: Jan 21 2019
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.57 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The historical development of dentistry as a profession in Ontario from the late nineteenth century to the end of the First World War is used as a case study to explore the significance of gender, particularly masculinity, in the formation of professions. Adams argues that gender was central to the establishment of the dental profession. Over time, dentistry developed from being a trade to garnering professional status. The early dentists worked to recruit, and indeed structured the profession in such a way as to recruit, middle-class white men into the profession. Gender and class divisions were drawn upon both to define and legitimate professional roles and claims to professional status; by definition, a professional was a gentleman.

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