Deviant Maternity: Illegitimacy in Wales, C. 1680-1800

ISBN-13: 9781032174167 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 276 str.

Angela Joy Muir

Opis

This book explores the link between courtship, economic precarity and increasing levels of illegitimacy in 18th-century Wales. It also considers the diverse identities and relationships of the parents, and the lived experience of conception, pregnancy and childbirth for unmarried mothers.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part I: Prevalence and Causes  1. Illegitimacy, Paternity, Courtship, and Poverty  2. Complicated Relationships and Diverse Identities – Moving Beyond Courtship and Poverty  Part II: The Mortality Penalty  3. Illegitimate Infant and Maternal Mortality  4. Fatal Violence Against Illegitimate Children and Unmarried Pregnant Women  Part III: The Experience of Pregnancy and Childbirth for Unmarried Mothers  5. Reading and Regulating Reproductive Bodies  6. The Provision of Care for Unmarried Mothers.  Conclusion

O autorze

Angela Joy Muir is a Lecturer in British Social and Cultural History at the University of Leicester.