Motherhood, Respectability and Baby Farming in Victorian and - Edwardian Londo

Motherhood, Respectability & Baby-Farming in Victorian & Edwardian London explores the largely obscured marketplace of motherhood that provided ways for women to manage the stigma of illegitimacy and their respectable identities within Victorian and Edwardian society.

List of contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Female Respectability and Its Consequences
Chapter 3 - Discourse of 'Farming'
Chapter 4 - The Marketplace of Motherhood
Chapter 5 - An Industry of Disposal
Chapter 6 - Conclusion
Bibliography

About the author

Joshua G. Stuart-Bennett works at the University of Leicester and the Open University. His research interests are interdisciplinary with a special focus on historical criminology. This book is based on his PhD thesis.

Summary

Motherhood, Respectability & Baby-Farming in Victorian & Edwardian London explores the largely obscured marketplace of motherhood that provided ways for women to manage the stigma of illegitimacy and their respectable identities within Victorian and Edwardian society.

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Stuart-Bennett, Joshua (Research Associate At Univ Stuart-Bennett
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9780367752774
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75277-4
• No. of pages: 148
• Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, Family & relationships, Advice on parenting, Parenting: advice and issues, Relationships and families: advice and issues