Umfang:
XIII, 199 S.
,
Ill.
Ausgabe:
1. publ.
ISBN:
0415980356
,
9780415980357
Serie:
Children's literature and culture 51
Inhalt:
The myth of the Victorian family remains a pervasive influence within a contemporary Britain that perceives itself to be in social crisis. Nostalgic for a golden age of Victorian values in which visions of supportive, united families predominate, the common consciousness, exhorted by social and political discourse, continues to vaunt the traditional, natural family as the template by which all other family forms are gauged. Yet this fantasy of family, nurtured and augmented throughout the Victorian era, was essentially a construct that belied the realities of a nineteenth-century world in which orphanhood, fostering and stepfamilies were endemic
Inhalt:
The myth of the Victorian family remains a pervasive influence within a contemporary Britain that perceives itself to be in social crisis. Nostalgic for a golden age of Victorian values in which visions of supportive, united families predominate, the common consciousness, exhorted by social and political discourse, continues to vaunt the traditional, natural family as the template by which all other family forms are gauged. Yet this fantasy of family, nurtured and augmented throughout the Victorian era, was essentially a construct that belied the realities of a nineteenth-century world in which orphanhood, fostering and stepfamilies were endemic
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0203935519
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780203935514
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Anglistik
Schlagwort(e):
Englisch
;
Roman
;
Kind
;
Familienbeziehung
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
;
Englisch
;
Kinderliteratur
;
Familie
;
Geschichte 1839-1888
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23017
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