Conceptualizing cruelty to children in nineteenth-century England literature, representation, and the NSPCC
"Moving nimbly between literary and historical texts, Monica Flegel provides a much-needed 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. Fle...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate
cop. 2009.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b3340981x*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
