UID:
almahu_9949363120602882
Format:
1 online resource (336 pages) :
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illustrations (colour).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780191959325
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
Illegitimacy, Family, and Stigma is the first full-length exploration of what it was like to be illegitimate in eighteenth-century England. In a major reframing of assumptions that illegitimacy was experienced only among the poor, this book tells the stories of individuals from across the socio-economic scale, including children of royalty, middling physicians and lawyers, alongside servants and agricultural labourers. Using the words of illegitimate individuals and their families preserved in letters, diaries, and poor relief and court documents, this book reveals the impact of illegitimacy across the life cycle. How did illegitimacy affect children's early years, and their relationships with parents, siblings, and wider family as they grew up? Did illegitimacy limit education, occupation, or marriage chances? What were individuals' experiences of shame and stigma, and how did being illegitimate affect their sense of identity? This book investigates the circumstances that governed families' responses, from love and pragmatic acceptance to secrecy and exclusion.
Note:
List of Figure and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on the Text -- Introduction -- 1. The Context of Illegitimacy -- 2. Mothers and Fathers -- 3. Households, Surrogate Parents, and Care -- 4. Lineage and Kinship -- 5. Education, Occupation, and Marriage -- 6. Identification, Stigma, and the Self -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Also available in Print and PDF edition.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Illegitimacy, family, and stigma in england, 1660-1834. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022 ISBN 9780192867247
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books
