An edition of The politics of domestic authority in Britain since 1800
(2009)
The politics of domestic authority in Britain since 1800
by Lucy Delap and Ben Griffin
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"This collection of essays explores the broad range of influences which have shaped the distribution of authority within British homes and families--religion, commercial advertising, governments, welfare professionals, medical experts, psychologists, and the law"--Provided by publisher.
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The politics of domestic authority in Britain since 1800
2009, Palgrave Macmillan
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0230579949 9780230579941
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Table of Contents
Introduction: The politics of domestic authority in Britain since 1800 / Ben Griffin, Lucy Delap, Abigail Wills
pt. 1. Violence and the law
"I am master here" : illegitimacy, masculinity, and violence in Victorian England / Ginger Frost
"The instrument of an animal function" : marital rape and sexual cruelty in the divorce court, 1858-1908 / Gail Savage
pt. 2. Poverty and the state
Irish orphans and the politics of domestic authority / Anna Clark
Fatherhood and family shame : masculinity, welfare, and the workhouse in late nineteenth century England / Megan Doolittle
pt. 3. Domesticity
"Tiresome trips downstairs" : middle-class domestic space and family relationships in England, 1850-1910 / Jane Hamlett
Love and authority in mid-twentieth century marriages : sharing and caring / Simon Szreter, Kate Fisher
"A paradise on earth, a foretaste of Heaven" : English Catholic understandings of domesticity and marriage, 1945-65 / Alana Harris
pt. 4. Domestic service
Domestic servants as poachers of print : reading, authority, and resistance in late Victorian Britain / Margaret Beetham
Authority, dependence, and power in accounts of twentieth century domestic service / Judy Giles
pt. 5. Parenting and childhood
Childcare and neglect : a comparative local study of late nineteenth century parental authority / Siân Pooley
Godfathering : the politics of Victorian family relations / Valerie Sanders
"Beating children is wrong" : domestic life, psychological thinking, and the permissive turn / Deborah Thom.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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