The Politics of Domestic Authority in Britain since 1800

This collection of essays explores the broad range of influences which have shaped the distribution of authority within British homes and families - religion, commercial advertising, governments, welfare professionals, medical experts, psychologists and the law. Introduction: The politics of domestic authority in Britain since 1800 / Ben Griffin, Lucy Delap, Abigail Wills pt. 1. Violence and the law "I am master here" : illegitimacy, masculinity, and violence in Victorian England / Ginger Frost "The instrument of an animal function" : marital rape and sexual cruelty in the divorce court, 1858-1908 / Gail Savage pt. 2. Poverty and the state Irish orphans and the politics of domestic authority / Anna Clark Fatherhood and family shame : masculinity, welfare, and the workhouse in late nineteenth century England / Megan Doolittle pt. 3. Domesticity "Tiresome trips downstairs" : middle-class domestic space and family relationships in England, 1850-1910 / Jane Hamlett Love and authority in mid-twentieth century marriages : sharing and caring / Simon Szreter, Kate Fisher "A paradise on earth, a foretaste of Heaven" : English Catholic understandings of domesticity and marriage, 1945-65 / Alana Harris pt. 4. Domestic service Domestic servants as poachers of print : reading, authority, and resistance in late Victorian Britain / Margaret Beetham Authority, dependence, and power in accounts of twentieth century domestic service / Judy Giles pt. 5. Parenting and childhood Childcare and neglect : a comparative local study of late nineteenth century parental authority / Siân Pooley Godfathering : the politics of Victorian family relations / Valerie Sanders "Beating children is wrong" : domestic life, psychological thinking, and the permissive turn / Deborah Thom. The politics of domestic authority in Britain since 1800 / Ben Griffin, Lucy Delap, Abigail Wills Violence and the law "I am master here" : illegitimacy, masculinity, and violence in Victorian England / Ginger Frost "The instrument of an animal function" : marital rape and sexual cruelty in the divorce court, 1858-1908 / Gail Savage Poverty and the state Irish orphans and the politics of domestic authority / Anna Clark Fatherhood and family shame : masculinity, welfare and the workhouse in late nineteenth-century England / Megan Doolittle Domesticity "Tiresome trips downstairs" : middle-class domestic space and family relationships in England, 1850-1910 / Jane Hamlett Love and authority in mid-twentieth-century marriages : sharing and caring / Simon Szreter, Kate Fisher "A paradise on earth, a foretaste of Heaven" : English Catholic understandings of domesticity and marriage, 1945-65 / Alana Harris Domestic service Domestic servants as poachers of print : reading, authority and resistance in late Victorian Britain / Margaret Beetham Authority, dependence and power in accounts of twentieth-century domestic service / Judy Giles Parenting and childhood Child care and neglect : a comparative local study of late nineteenth-century parental authority / Siân Pooley Godfathering : the politics of Victorian family relations / Valerie Sanders "Beating children is wrong" : domestic life, psychological thinking and the permissive turn / Deborah Thom. "This collection of essays explores the broad range of influences which have shaped the distribution of authority within British homes and families--religion, commercial advertising, governments, welfare professionals, medical experts, psychologists, and the law"--Provided by publisher.