Women, infanticide, and the press, 1822-1922
Subtitle: news narratives in England and Australia
By: by Nicola Goc
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Company
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9781409406044; 9781409406051
Subjects: Unmarried mothers; Press coverage; Infanticide; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Infanticide news in the London times: 1822-1871. Personal tragedies, public narratives: 1822-1833; title: A press campaign and the 1834 New Poor Law; title: The 1860s maternal panic; title: Infanticide news in the regional press: 1830-1922. Infanticide in the Van Diemen's land press; title: "Bush madness" in The mercury; title: "The Hinkley girl 'mother'" and The Leicester Mercury; title: Conclusion.