Her Name is Blood: Situating Gertrude Blood Within the Flânuese, and Walking Virtually

Her Name is Blood: Situating Gertrude Blood Within the Flânuese, and Walking Virtually

Presenter(s)

Lexi Ryan Marie Gallion

Description

Women are oftentimes forgotten in history due to the pursuit of their male colleagues. Much is the case for Lady Colin Campbell, née Gertrude Elizabeth Blood (b. 3 May 1857), as she was left behind in history. However, unlike other similar stories, Blood was subject to the thoughts and opinions of a nation when she and her husband went through the longest and nastiest - dismissed - divorce trial in UK history. After the trial, she engaged in journalistic writing, submitting over a period of time to the periodical "The World" which would eventually turn into her essays "A Woman’s Walks". Despite her popularity at the time Blood and her writing faded out of the public sphere. What this project intends to accomplish is to reintroduce Gertrude Elizabeth Blood back into society not for her scandal, but for how her work can be considered part of the Flâneur genre. As a woman born to a family capable of social climbing and then eventually a shunned member of the upper class, Blood’s work can shed unique light on the machinations of the Flâneur and the effects of class and gender. This proposed project will perform an analysis to (a) engage in understanding of the flâneur, working the flânuese into the definition of the flânuer using Blood’s writing and (b) a reintroduction of Blood as a woman worthy of analysis, and appreciation for her work as a woman who went against the grain of society.

Publication Date

4-22-2021

Project Designation

Graduate Research

Primary Advisor

Kirsten N. Mendoza

Primary Advisor's Department

English

Keywords

Stander Symposium project, College of Arts and Sciences

Her Name is Blood: Situating Gertrude Blood Within the Flânuese, and Walking Virtually

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