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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Nicola GocPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.453kg ISBN: 9781138251557ISBN 10: 1138251550 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 17 October 2016 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Infanticide News in the London Times: 1822-1871: Personal tragedies, public narratives: 1822-1833; A press campaign and the 1834 new Poor Law; The 1860s maternal panic. Part II Infanticide News in the Regional Press: 1830-1922: Infanticide in the Van Dieman’s Land press; ’Bush madness’ in the Mercury; ’The Hinkley girl-mother’ and the Leicester Mercury; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.Reviews'... this is a meticulous book of the infanticidal actions of young women in England and Australia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It demonstrates their desperation, their resistance, and in some cases their deaths against the social, political and legislative history of the day as reported by the press. This book will have particular appeal for crime news researchers, for those interested in the lives and stories of women, and for fans of Foucault.' Pacific Journalism Review 'Goc's study provides many fascinating insights and her inclusion of case studies serves to illustrate the lives and experiences of the working-class women who became inserted into public, political and press discourse after killing their children.' Crime, Media, Culture 'The real value of Goc's work is that she captures infanticide as an 'all-powerful' action - the decision that another being would live or die - carried out by predominantly marginalised and powerless people.' Australian Historical Studies 'Nicola Goc has made an important contribution to our knowledge of infanticide and its imbrication with patriarchal discourses, and to our understanding of the part played by the media in influencing attitudes and values and in creating meaning.' SHARP News 'The strength of this book is that it provides a legal, medical, patriarchal and historical context for this suffering that is detailed, thorough and couched in a clear and useful theoretical framework.' Journal of Australian Colonial History Author InformationNicola Goc is a Senior Lecturer in the School of English, Journalism and European Languages at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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