Carla Pascoe
Biographic Data
| ID | 1626780 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carla Pascoe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carla |
| FAMILY NAME | Pascoe |
| SIGNATURE | PASCOE C |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Girl talk: One hundred years of Australian girls' childhood
Until the late twentieth century, the past lives of Australian children received little scholarly attention. Since then, a growing body of research has documented the experiences and perspectives o
Home Is Where Mother Is: Ideals and Realities in Australian Family Houses of the 1950s
Following the austerity of war, Australians in the 1950s were keen to pursue their inter-related ambitions of building families and homes. Architectural design was heavily influenced by modernism and focused particularly on the perceived needs of mothers and children, imagined to be ever-present in the home. Architects recommended modernising and centralising the kitchen so that the mother could efficiently complete chores while supervising her c…
Children of Empire
At first glance, Kenyan students, Indian caregivers and British child evacuees might seem to have little in common. But, a sweeping new volume on children and youth in the British Empire reveals so
Mum's the word: Advice to Australian mothers since 1945
Mothers of today have available to them an unprecedented quantity and variety of information concerning the process of conceiving, bearing, birthing and raising a child. Yet it is only a little more than half a century ago that mothers were firmly convinced of the authority of maternal instinct. From experiential knowledge shared verbally amongst female relatives and friends, to a profusion of ‘expert’ information accessible virtually and instant…
A 'Discreet Dance: Technologies of menstrual management in Australian public toilets during the twentieth century
Across the twentieth century, the technologies available to Australian women for managing menstruation were transformed. Products for staunching blood flow changed from bulky, re-usable rags to ‘invisible’, disposable pads and tampons. Disposal facilities changed from the humble waste bin, through to incinerators, and eventually to specialised, antibacterial ‘sanitary disposal units’. The greatest impact of these shifts was felt in public toilets…
Young People and the Shaping of Public Space in Melbourne, 1870–1914
Contemporary Australian newspapers are overflowing with anxiety about children in our cities. On the one hand, reports abound of the dangers posed by paedophiles, motor vehicles, obesity and more
Children, Childhood and Cultural Heritage
Children, Childhood and Cultural Heritage explores how the everyday experiences of children and their imaginative and creative worlds are collected, interpreted and displayed in museums and on monuments, and represented through objects and cultural lore. Young people constitute up to half the population of any given society, but their lives are inescapably influenced by the expectations and decisions of adults. As a result, children's distinct ex…
The History of Children in Australia: An Interdisciplinary Historiography
Children have long been shadowy or forgotten figures within historical narratives. It was not until the second half of the twentieth century that a critical historiography of children and childhood emerged. In the Australian context, histories of young people were not published until the 1980s. Whilst the historiography of the child is now a burgeoning field, it has been haunted by two major challenges: a lack of sources authored by children them…
City as Space, City as Place Sources and the Urban Historian
As historians, the sources that we use affect the way we view the city in the past. Documentary sources composed by experts on the city such as urban planners are generally useful ways to understand urban ‘space’: the city viewed as an abstract physical entity. But we need human stories also to understand urban ‘place’: the lived experience of a locality. This paper draws upon research into Melbourne’s urban environment in the 1950s which compare…
Be Home By Dark: Childhood Freedoms and Adult Fears in 1950s Victoria
Oral history narratives construct the 1950s as a time of immense freedom for Australian children; roaming the streets happily and safely until night-fall. These idyllic recollections are framed by a set of contemporary concerns about the over-protected twenty-first century child. And yet the introduction, by a range of government agencies, of a variety of strategies to protect juvenile safety suggests that adult fears for children existed in the …
The History of Children in Australia: An Interdisciplinary Historiography
Children have long been shadowy or forgotten figures within historical narratives. It was not until the second half of the twentieth century that a critical historiography of children and childhood emerged. In the Australian context, histories of young people were not published until the 1980s. Whilst the historiography of the child is now a burgeoning field, it has been haunted by two major challenges: a lack of sources authored by children them…
Be Home By Dark: Childhood Freedoms and Adult Fears in 1950s Victoria
Oral history narratives construct the 1950s as a time of immense freedom for Australian children; roaming the streets happily and safely until night-fall. These idyllic recollections are framed by a set of contemporary concerns about the over-protected twenty-first century child. And yet the introduction, by a range of government agencies, of a variety of strategies to protect juvenile safety suggests that adult fears for children existed in the …
Mum's the word: Advice to Australian mothers since 1945
Mothers of today have available to them an unprecedented quantity and variety of information concerning the process of conceiving, bearing, birthing and raising a child. Yet it is only a little more than half a century ago that mothers were firmly convinced of the authority of maternal instinct. From experiential knowledge shared verbally amongst female relatives and friends, to a profusion of ‘expert’ information accessible virtually and instant…
A 'Discreet Dance: Technologies of menstrual management in Australian public toilets during the twentieth century
Across the twentieth century, the technologies available to Australian women for managing menstruation were transformed. Products for staunching blood flow changed from bulky, re-usable rags to ‘invisible’, disposable pads and tampons. Disposal facilities changed from the humble waste bin, through to incinerators, and eventually to specialised, antibacterial ‘sanitary disposal units’. The greatest impact of these shifts was felt in public toilets…
City as Space, City as Place Sources and the Urban Historian
As historians, the sources that we use affect the way we view the city in the past. Documentary sources composed by experts on the city such as urban planners are generally useful ways to understand urban ‘space’: the city viewed as an abstract physical entity. But we need human stories also to understand urban ‘place’: the lived experience of a locality. This paper draws upon research into Melbourne’s urban environment in the 1950s which compare…
Be Home By Dark: Childhood Freedoms and Adult Fears in 1950s Victoria
Oral history narratives construct the 1950s as a time of immense freedom for Australian children; roaming the streets happily and safely until night-fall. These idyllic recollections are framed by a set of contemporary concerns about the over-protected twenty-first century child. And yet the introduction, by a range of government agencies, of a variety of strategies to protect juvenile safety suggests that adult fears for children existed in the …
The History of Children in Australia: An Interdisciplinary Historiography
Children have long been shadowy or forgotten figures within historical narratives. It was not until the second half of the twentieth century that a critical historiography of children and childhood emerged. In the Australian context, histories of young people were not published until the 1980s. Whilst the historiography of the child is now a burgeoning field, it has been haunted by two major challenges: a lack of sources authored by children them…
City as Space, City as Place Sources and the Urban Historian
As historians, the sources that we use affect the way we view the city in the past. Documentary sources composed by experts on the city such as urban planners are generally useful ways to understand urban ‘space’: the city viewed as an abstract physical entity. But we need human stories also to understand urban ‘place’: the lived experience of a locality. This paper draws upon research into Melbourne’s urban environment in the 1950s which compare…
Children, Childhood and Cultural Heritage
Children, Childhood and Cultural Heritage explores how the everyday experiences of children and their imaginative and creative worlds are collected, interpreted and displayed in museums and on monuments, and represented through objects and cultural lore. Young people constitute up to half the population of any given society, but their lives are inescapably influenced by the expectations and decisions of adults. As a result, children's distinct ex…
Young People and the Shaping of Public Space in Melbourne, 1870–1914
Contemporary Australian newspapers are overflowing with anxiety about children in our cities. On the one hand, reports abound of the dangers posed by paedophiles, motor vehicles, obesity and more
Mum's the word: Advice to Australian mothers since 1945
Mothers of today have available to them an unprecedented quantity and variety of information concerning the process of conceiving, bearing, birthing and raising a child. Yet it is only a little more than half a century ago that mothers were firmly convinced of the authority of maternal instinct. From experiential knowledge shared verbally amongst female relatives and friends, to a profusion of ‘expert’ information accessible virtually and instant…
A 'Discreet Dance: Technologies of menstrual management in Australian public toilets during the twentieth century
Across the twentieth century, the technologies available to Australian women for managing menstruation were transformed. Products for staunching blood flow changed from bulky, re-usable rags to ‘invisible’, disposable pads and tampons. Disposal facilities changed from the humble waste bin, through to incinerators, and eventually to specialised, antibacterial ‘sanitary disposal units’. The greatest impact of these shifts was felt in public toilets…
Children of Empire
At first glance, Kenyan students, Indian caregivers and British child evacuees might seem to have little in common. But, a sweeping new volume on children and youth in the British Empire reveals so
Home Is Where Mother Is: Ideals and Realities in Australian Family Houses of the 1950s
Following the austerity of war, Australians in the 1950s were keen to pursue their inter-related ambitions of building families and homes. Architectural design was heavily influenced by modernism and focused particularly on the perceived needs of mothers and children, imagined to be ever-present in the home. Architects recommended modernising and centralising the kitchen so that the mother could efficiently complete chores while supervising her c…
Girl talk: One hundred years of Australian girls' childhood
Until the late twentieth century, the past lives of Australian children received little scholarly attention. Since then, a growing body of research has documented the experiences and perspectives o
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · History (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Australian History and Society (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works)