Title Women, infanticide, and the press, 1822-1922 : news narratives in England and Australia / Nicolá Goc

Published London : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents pt. I: Infanticide news in the London Times: 1822-1871 -- pt. II: Infanticide news in the regional press: 1830-1922 Summary Goc applies Critical Discourse Analysis to infanticide news in the period 1822-1922 to reveal both the broader patterns and the particular rhetorical strategies journalists in England and Australia used to report on infanticidal women. Her study is a rich and nuanced treatment of how infanticide narratives were politicized in the press and woven into narratives about the regulation of women, medicine, the law and social welfare that ultimately affected political developments like the 1834 Poor Law Notes Previously issued in print: Farnham: Ashgate, 2013 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes CIP data; resource not viewed Subject Infanticide -- Press coverage -- England -- History -- 19th century Infanticide -- Press coverage -- Australia -- History -- 19th century Women murderers -- Press coverage -- England -- History -- 19th century Women murderers -- Press coverage -- Australia -- History -- 19th century English newspapers -- Language Australian newspapers -- Language Journalism -- Political aspects -- England -- History -- 19th century Journalism -- Political aspects -- Australia -- History -- 19th century Journalism -- Social aspects -- England -- History -- 19th century Journalism -- Social aspects -- Australia -- History -- 19th century Infanticide -- history Women -- history Newspapers as Topic -- ethics Public Opinion Socioeconomic Factors History, 19th Century History, 20th Century English newspapers -- Language Journalism -- Political aspects Journalism -- Social aspects SUBJECT England Australia Subject Australia England Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781134778706 1134778708 9781134778638 1134778635 9781134778775 1134778775

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