Heroes of Their Own Lives

The Politics and History of Family Violence--Boston, 1880-1960

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

In this unflinching history of family violence, Linda Gordon traces policies on child abuse and neglect, wife beating, and incest from 1880 to 1960. Gordon begins with the so-called discovery of family violence in the 1870s, when experts first identified it as a social rather than personal problem. From there, Gordon chronicles the changing visibility of family violence as gender, family, and political ideologies shifted and the women's and civil rights movements gained strength. Throughout, she illustrates how public perceptions of issues like marriage, poverty, alcoholism, mental illness, and responsibility worked for and against the victims of family violence, and looks at the link between family violence and larger social problems. Powerful and moving, Heroes of Their Own Lives offers an honest understanding of a persistent problem and a realistic view of the difficulties in stopping it.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-03-15
Mått:140 x 210 x 23 mm
Vikt:481 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:400
Förlag:University of Illinois Press
ISBN:9780252070792

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Sociala och etiska frågor inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Linda Gordon is Professor Emerita of History at New York University. She is a two-time winner of the Bancroft Prize, for Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits and The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction. Her other books include Pitied but Not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare, 1890-1935 and The Moral Property of Women: A History of Birth Control Politics in America.

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"Feminist scholarship at its best."--New York Times Book Review

Innehållsförteckning

1 INTRODUCTION2 "THE CRUELTY": CHILD PROTECTION, 1880-19103 THE PROGRESSIVE-ERA TRANSFORMATION OF CHILD PROTECTION, 1900-19204 SINGLE MOTHERS AND THE CONTRADICTIONS OF CHILD-PROTECTION POLICY5 "SO MUCH FOR THE CHILDREN NOW, SO LITTLE BEFORE"; CHILD NEGLECT AND PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY6 "ONLY TO BRING MY CHILDREN UP GOOD": CHILD ABUSE AND SOCIAL CHANGE7 "BE CAREFUL ABOUT FATHER": INCEST, GIRLS' RESISTANCE, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF FEMININITY8 "THE POWERS OF THE WEAK": WIFE-BEATING AND BATTERED WOMEN'S RSEISTANCE9 CONCLUSION: SOCIAL CONTROL AND THE "POWERS OF THE WEAK" APPENDIX A RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS METHODSAPPENDIX B CLIENT CHARACTERISTICSNOTESINDEX

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