Iconographie professionnelle et féminisation du travail policier à New York (1945-1980)

Abstract

Can images of an institutional magazine be used as visual archives of women’s police work ? Through the study of Spring 3100, the magazine of the New York Police Department, and a comparison with the work of photographer Jane Hoffer, this article explores an occupational iconography and reflects on its use by researchers to monitor the feminization of a professional group, the reactions of male workers to this process and the negotiation by policewomen of their own occupational identity.

Keywords

• feminization
• work
• policewomen
• policemen
• photography
• cartoons