Conceptualizing Cruelty to Children in Nineteenth-Century England
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Conceptualizing Cruelty to Children in Nineteenth-Century England
Literature, Representation, and the NSPCC
Flegel, Monica
Taylor & Francis Ltd
07/2009
214
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Inglês
9780754664567
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Offers an interpretive framework for understanding the specific formulation of child cruelty popularized by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in the late nineteenth century. This book examines the emergence of child abuse as a subject of legal and social concern in England.
Contents: Introduction; Creating cruelty to children: genre, authority, and the endangered child; 'Animals and children': savages, innocents, and cruelty; 'What eyes should see': child performance and peeping behind the scenes; 'Cannibalism in England': commerce, consumption, and endangered childhood; The dangerous child: Juvenile delinquents, criminality, and the NSPCC; Conclusion: Inspector stories: The Inspector's Directory and The Cruelty Man; Bibliography: Index.
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Offers an interpretive framework for understanding the specific formulation of child cruelty popularized by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in the late nineteenth century. This book examines the emergence of child abuse as a subject of legal and social concern in England.
Contents: Introduction; Creating cruelty to children: genre, authority, and the endangered child; 'Animals and children': savages, innocents, and cruelty; 'What eyes should see': child performance and peeping behind the scenes; 'Cannibalism in England': commerce, consumption, and endangered childhood; The dangerous child: Juvenile delinquents, criminality, and the NSPCC; Conclusion: Inspector stories: The Inspector's Directory and The Cruelty Man; Bibliography: Index.
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