1st Edition
Motherhood, Respectability and Baby-Farming in Victorian and Edwardian London
By Joshua Stuart-Bennett
Copyright 2023
160 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
160 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
160 Pages
9 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Motherhood, Respectability and Baby-Farming in Victorian and Edwardian London explores a 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. It focuses on the extent of women’s ‘dirty work’, when maternal problem management was fundamental to the general... Read more
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
Biography
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.
