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1	Den supglade rallaren? : Manligt och omanligt i norrbottniska rallarvisor, 1880-tal till 1937 / The drunken railway navvy? : Manly and unmanly in navvy songs from Norrbotten, the 1880s to 1937 Pihl, Per-Jonas January 2016 (has links) This study examines notions of manliness among railway navvies from Norrbotten during the period from the 1880s to 1937. Navvy songs and poems are used in order to answer the purpose of this thesis. The method is qualitative and the paper should be viewed as descriptive utilizing a partly untried material as basis for investigation. The results are compared with previous research concerning both working class and middle class and there are both similarities and differences with previous research. The navvies wanted to describe themselves as persons who were able to drink alcohol in large amounts. However this fact was mainly valid for the older navvys which indicates a difference with previous research. The navvies used a rough language, were happy andliked freedom, they emphasized manual labour and were persistent and patriotic. Railway navvys Norrbotten Stereotypes Manly Unmanly Navvy songs Navvy poems Rallare Norrbotten Stereotyper Manligt Omanligt Rallarvisor Rallardikter. History Historia