Encyclopedia Titanica

Class Disparity

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Stories and Articles

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THE AMERICAN HERO AND HIS MECHANICAL BRIDE: GENDER MYTHS OF THE TITANIC DISASTER
American Studies
Ann E. Larabee
How Titanic’s tragedy shaped gender myths, portraying male heroism and attributing the ship’s failure to “feminine” qualities.
LOADED AND THE TRAMP
Titanica!
Senan Molony
Colonel John Jacob Astor was a hero of the Titanic disaster, putting his pregnant wife into one lifeboat and helping a child into another - defying an officer to do so.
THE NIGHT THE GOOD SHIP WENT DOWN: THREE FATEFUL DINNERS ABOARD THE TITANIC
Gastronomica
Andrea Broomfield
The socio-economic dynamics aboard Titanic as seen through the lens of meals served on April 14, 1912.
TITANIC AND THE PEOPLE ON BOARD: A LOOK AT THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE PASSENGERS AFTER THE SINKING
Andrea Bijan
An in-depth analysis of how U.S. media covered Titanic’s passengers post-sinking, focusing on class and gender narratives that shaped public perception of heroism and tragedy.