Author: Andrew Blaikie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Illegitimacy, Sex and Society is an original and compelling study of illegitimacy in relation to Scottish social and religious life and social structure from 1750 to 1900. Andrew Blaikie uses previously unstudied material to produce an interdisciplinary critique and alternative account showing that bastardy was much more acceptable in a Calvinist society than has generally been thought. He outlines the debate and reviews the relevant literature and has found that illegitimacy in the studied period was synonymous with a variety of social conditions (a shortage of leasehold accommodation, for example) and was integrated into the norms of local society. This microhistorical approach is an illuminating case study that is relevant in the continuing debate on unmarried parenthood.
Illegitimacy, Sex, and Society
Author: Andrew Blaikie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Illegitimacy, Sex and Society is an original and compelling study of illegitimacy in relation to Scottish social and religious life and social structure from 1750 to 1900. Andrew Blaikie uses previously unstudied material to produce an interdisciplinary critique and alternative account showing that bastardy was much more acceptable in a Calvinist society than has generally been thought. He outlines the debate and reviews the relevant literature and has found that illegitimacy in the studied period was synonymous with a variety of social conditions (a shortage of leasehold accommodation, for example) and was integrated into the norms of local society. This microhistorical approach is an illuminating case study that is relevant in the continuing debate on unmarried parenthood.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Illegitimacy, Sex and Society is an original and compelling study of illegitimacy in relation to Scottish social and religious life and social structure from 1750 to 1900. Andrew Blaikie uses previously unstudied material to produce an interdisciplinary critique and alternative account showing that bastardy was much more acceptable in a Calvinist society than has generally been thought. He outlines the debate and reviews the relevant literature and has found that illegitimacy in the studied period was synonymous with a variety of social conditions (a shortage of leasehold accommodation, for example) and was integrated into the norms of local society. This microhistorical approach is an illuminating case study that is relevant in the continuing debate on unmarried parenthood.
Illegitimacy in English Law and Society, 1860-1930
Author: Ginger S. Frost
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784992606
Category : Illegitimacy
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This book explores the legal and social consequences of growing up illegitimate in England and Wales. Unlike most other studies of illegitimacy, Frost's book concentrates on the late-Victorian period and the early twentieth century, and takes the child's point of view rather than that of the mother or of 'child-saving' groups. Doing so allows for an extended analysis of criminal and civil cases involving illegitimacy, including less-studied aspects such as affiliation suits, the poor law and war pensions. In addition, the book explores the role of blended, extended and adoptive families, the circulation of children through different homes and institutions, and the prejudices children endured in school, work and home. While showing how the effects of illegitimacy varied both by class and gender, the book highlights the ways in which children showed resilience in surviving the various types of discrimination common in this period. It will appeal to anyone interested in British social history, childhood studies, or legal history.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784992606
Category : Illegitimacy
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
This book explores the legal and social consequences of growing up illegitimate in England and Wales. Unlike most other studies of illegitimacy, Frost's book concentrates on the late-Victorian period and the early twentieth century, and takes the child's point of view rather than that of the mother or of 'child-saving' groups. Doing so allows for an extended analysis of criminal and civil cases involving illegitimacy, including less-studied aspects such as affiliation suits, the poor law and war pensions. In addition, the book explores the role of blended, extended and adoptive families, the circulation of children through different homes and institutions, and the prejudices children endured in school, work and home. While showing how the effects of illegitimacy varied both by class and gender, the book highlights the ways in which children showed resilience in surviving the various types of discrimination common in this period. It will appeal to anyone interested in British social history, childhood studies, or legal history.
Illegitimacy, Sexuality and the Status of Women
Author: Derek Gill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Unmarried mothers
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Unmarried mothers
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Illegitimacy, Family, and Stigma in England, 1660-1834
Author: Kate Gibson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192867245
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Illegitimacy, Family, and Stigma is the first full-length exploration of what it was like to be illegitimate in eighteenth-century England, a period of 'sexual revolution', unprecedented increase in illegitimate births, and intense debate over children's rights to state support. Using the words of illegitimate individuals and their families preserved in letters, diaries, poor relief, and court documents, this study reveals the impact of illegitimacy across the life cycle. How did illegitimacy affect children's early years, and their relationships with parents, siblings, and wider family as they grew up? Did illegitimacy limit education, occupation, or marriage chances? What were individuals' experiences of shame and stigma, and how did being illegitimate affect their sense of identity? Historian Kate Gibson investigates the circumstances that governed families' responses, from love and pragmatic acceptance, to secrecy and exclusion. In a major reframing of assumptions that illegitimacy was experienced only among the poor, this volume tells the stories of individuals from across the socio-economic scale, including children of royalty, physicians and lawyers, servants and agricultural labourers. It demonstrates that the stigma of illegitimacy operated along a spectrum, varying according to the type of parental relationship, the child's race, gender, and socio-economic status. Financial resources and the class-based ideals of parenthood or family life had a significant impact on how families reacted to illegitimacy. Class became more important over the eighteenth century, under the influence of Enlightenment ideals of tolerance, sensibility, and redemption. The child of sin was now recast as a pitiable object of charity, but this applied only to those who could fit narrow parameters of genteel tragedy. This vivid investigation of the meaning of illegitimacy gets to the heart of powerful inequalities in families, communities, and the state.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192867245
Category : England
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Illegitimacy, Family, and Stigma is the first full-length exploration of what it was like to be illegitimate in eighteenth-century England, a period of 'sexual revolution', unprecedented increase in illegitimate births, and intense debate over children's rights to state support. Using the words of illegitimate individuals and their families preserved in letters, diaries, poor relief, and court documents, this study reveals the impact of illegitimacy across the life cycle. How did illegitimacy affect children's early years, and their relationships with parents, siblings, and wider family as they grew up? Did illegitimacy limit education, occupation, or marriage chances? What were individuals' experiences of shame and stigma, and how did being illegitimate affect their sense of identity? Historian Kate Gibson investigates the circumstances that governed families' responses, from love and pragmatic acceptance, to secrecy and exclusion. In a major reframing of assumptions that illegitimacy was experienced only among the poor, this volume tells the stories of individuals from across the socio-economic scale, including children of royalty, physicians and lawyers, servants and agricultural labourers. It demonstrates that the stigma of illegitimacy operated along a spectrum, varying according to the type of parental relationship, the child's race, gender, and socio-economic status. Financial resources and the class-based ideals of parenthood or family life had a significant impact on how families reacted to illegitimacy. Class became more important over the eighteenth century, under the influence of Enlightenment ideals of tolerance, sensibility, and redemption. The child of sin was now recast as a pitiable object of charity, but this applied only to those who could fit narrow parameters of genteel tragedy. This vivid investigation of the meaning of illegitimacy gets to the heart of powerful inequalities in families, communities, and the state.
Illegitimacy and the Social Structure
Author: Kingsley Davis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illegitimacy
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illegitimacy
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Illegitimacy in English law and society, 1860–1930
Author: Ginger Frost
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1784997889
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Unlike most other studies of illegitimacy, Frost's book concentrates on the late-Victorian period and the early twentieth century, and takes the child's point of view rather than that of the mother or of 'child-saving' groups.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1784997889
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Unlike most other studies of illegitimacy, Frost's book concentrates on the late-Victorian period and the early twentieth century, and takes the child's point of view rather than that of the mother or of 'child-saving' groups.
Illegitimacy in Medieval Scotland, 1100-1500
Author: Susan Marshall
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 178327588X
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
First full-length examination of bastardy in Scotland during the period, exploring its many ramifications throughout society.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 178327588X
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
First full-length examination of bastardy in Scotland during the period, exploring its many ramifications throughout society.
Illegitimacy
Author: National Council on Illegitimacy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illegitimacy
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illegitimacy
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Illegitimacy
Author: Shirley F. Hartley
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520332849
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520332849
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.
Sex and the Family in Colonial India
Author: Durba Ghosh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521857048
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Study of conjugal relationships between Indian women and British men in colonial India.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521857048
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Study of conjugal relationships between Indian women and British men in colonial India.