Andrew August
Biographic Data
| ID | 3766097 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew August |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | August |
| SIGNATURE | AUGUST A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Queer (Re)visions of Archive, Affect, and Place in Child and Youth Care
This article presents an autoethnography that interweaves the queering of archive, affect, and place using an object-oriented method. Engaging with a hundred-year-old antique photo album found in a thrift store, this article brings forth queer (re)visions of past, present, and future that (re)imagine queer (be)longing, which expand spheres of ancestral consciousness in 2SLGBTQIAA+ communities. Situated in the United States, this work traces the e…
The Kinks
In June of 2012, Ray Davies, leader of the Kinks, performed ‘Waterloo Sunset’ at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics. The song, released in 1967, celebrates the ‘paradise’ of Waterloo Stati
A Horrible Looking Woman”
Scholars have attributed a steep decline in violent crime in nineteenth-century England to a “civilizing offensive” launched to discipline violent masculinities. In East London, however, a significant minority of those brought before summary courts on charges of violent offenses were women. Newspaper accounts of these cases show that some women committed assaults that resembled the violent actions of men. The courts and newspapers evaluated defen…
The British Working Class 1832-1940
In this insightful new study, Andrew August examines the British working class in the period when Britain became a mature industrial power, working men and women dominated massive new urban populations, and the extension of suffrage brought them into the political nation for the first time. Framing his subject chronologically, but treating it thematically, August gives a vivid account of working class life between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twent…
Poor Women and Elite Men
Journal Article Poor Women and Elite Men Get access Victorian Women, Unwed Mothers and the London Foundling Hospital, Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen, London: Continuum, 2012, xii +258 pp., (softcover), ISBN 978-1-441-1-4112-5 Andrew August Andrew August 1Penn State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Victorian Culture, Volume 18, Issue 2, 1 June 2013, Pages 287–290, https://doi.org/10.1080/1355…
Narrative, Experience and Class
Beginning in the mid‐1980s, social historians found their approach and assumptions under attack from scholars interested in cultural theory. Those taking the ‘linguistic turn’ rejected social history’s materialist paradigm, arguing for the primacy of language in the generation of identity and consciousness. By the mid‐1990s, this challenge spawned fierce polemics among scholars debating the validity of concepts such as experience and class. In th…
Gender and 1960s Youth Culture
In the 1960s some young British women challenged established gender roles, pursuing education, careers and personal freedom. Many of them grew frustrated with the limitations of 1960s youth culture, and particularly of new permissive sexual norms. The Rolling Stones, as a significant cultural force and symbol of London youth culture and sexual 'freedom', became a focus for criticism of this culture growing out of the women's liberation movement a…
A culture of consolation? Rethinking politics in working-class London, 1870-1914
In their communities, and in interactions with authorities and profit-seekers, residents of late Victorian London working-class districts struggled forcefully over the distribution of power, resources and prestige. They battled one another, in households and neighbourhoods, enforcing hierarchies and unequal access to resources. Philanthropists met hostile, manipulative and assertive poor people. Working-class Londoners resisted unwelcome state in…
How Separate a Sphere? Poor Women and Paid Work in Late-Victorian London
The essay traces patterns of poor women's employment in late-nineteenth-century London. It shows that employment was common among single, married and widowed women, except among mothers of young children. Unpaid domestic work and paid employment dovetailed into a constant burden of work facing poor women. This challenges the prevalent argument that married women earned wages only at moments of severe crisis in the household economy. It reveals a …
Labor History at the American Historical Association
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Gender and 1960s Youth Culture
In the 1960s some young British women challenged established gender roles, pursuing education, careers and personal freedom. Many of them grew frustrated with the limitations of 1960s youth culture, and particularly of new permissive sexual norms. The Rolling Stones, as a significant cultural force and symbol of London youth culture and sexual 'freedom', became a focus for criticism of this culture growing out of the women's liberation movement a…
How Separate a Sphere? Poor Women and Paid Work in Late-Victorian London
The essay traces patterns of poor women's employment in late-nineteenth-century London. It shows that employment was common among single, married and widowed women, except among mothers of young children. Unpaid domestic work and paid employment dovetailed into a constant burden of work facing poor women. This challenges the prevalent argument that married women earned wages only at moments of severe crisis in the household economy. It reveals a …
A culture of consolation? Rethinking politics in working-class London, 1870-1914
In their communities, and in interactions with authorities and profit-seekers, residents of late Victorian London working-class districts struggled forcefully over the distribution of power, resources and prestige. They battled one another, in households and neighbourhoods, enforcing hierarchies and unequal access to resources. Philanthropists met hostile, manipulative and assertive poor people. Working-class Londoners resisted unwelcome state in…
Narrative, Experience and Class
Beginning in the mid‐1980s, social historians found their approach and assumptions under attack from scholars interested in cultural theory. Those taking the ‘linguistic turn’ rejected social history’s materialist paradigm, arguing for the primacy of language in the generation of identity and consciousness. By the mid‐1990s, this challenge spawned fierce polemics among scholars debating the validity of concepts such as experience and class. In th…
Labor History at the American Historical Association
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
How Separate a Sphere? Poor Women and Paid Work in Late-Victorian London
The essay traces patterns of poor women's employment in late-nineteenth-century London. It shows that employment was common among single, married and widowed women, except among mothers of young children. Unpaid domestic work and paid employment dovetailed into a constant burden of work facing poor women. This challenges the prevalent argument that married women earned wages only at moments of severe crisis in the household economy. It reveals a …
A culture of consolation? Rethinking politics in working-class London, 1870-1914
In their communities, and in interactions with authorities and profit-seekers, residents of late Victorian London working-class districts struggled forcefully over the distribution of power, resources and prestige. They battled one another, in households and neighbourhoods, enforcing hierarchies and unequal access to resources. Philanthropists met hostile, manipulative and assertive poor people. Working-class Londoners resisted unwelcome state in…
Gender and 1960s Youth Culture
In the 1960s some young British women challenged established gender roles, pursuing education, careers and personal freedom. Many of them grew frustrated with the limitations of 1960s youth culture, and particularly of new permissive sexual norms. The Rolling Stones, as a significant cultural force and symbol of London youth culture and sexual 'freedom', became a focus for criticism of this culture growing out of the women's liberation movement a…
Narrative, Experience and Class
Beginning in the mid‐1980s, social historians found their approach and assumptions under attack from scholars interested in cultural theory. Those taking the ‘linguistic turn’ rejected social history’s materialist paradigm, arguing for the primacy of language in the generation of identity and consciousness. By the mid‐1990s, this challenge spawned fierce polemics among scholars debating the validity of concepts such as experience and class. In th…
Poor Women and Elite Men
Journal Article Poor Women and Elite Men Get access Victorian Women, Unwed Mothers and the London Foundling Hospital, Jessica A. Sheetz-Nguyen, London: Continuum, 2012, xii +258 pp., (softcover), ISBN 978-1-441-1-4112-5 Andrew August Andrew August 1Penn State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Victorian Culture, Volume 18, Issue 2, 1 June 2013, Pages 287–290, https://doi.org/10.1080/1355…
The British Working Class 1832-1940
In this insightful new study, Andrew August examines the British working class in the period when Britain became a mature industrial power, working men and women dominated massive new urban populations, and the extension of suffrage brought them into the political nation for the first time. Framing his subject chronologically, but treating it thematically, August gives a vivid account of working class life between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twent…
A Horrible Looking Woman”
Scholars have attributed a steep decline in violent crime in nineteenth-century England to a “civilizing offensive” launched to discipline violent masculinities. In East London, however, a significant minority of those brought before summary courts on charges of violent offenses were women. Newspaper accounts of these cases show that some women committed assaults that resembled the violent actions of men. The courts and newspapers evaluated defen…
The Kinks
In June of 2012, Ray Davies, leader of the Kinks, performed ‘Waterloo Sunset’ at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics. The song, released in 1967, celebrates the ‘paradise’ of Waterloo Stati
Queer (Re)visions of Archive, Affect, and Place in Child and Youth Care
This article presents an autoethnography that interweaves the queering of archive, affect, and place using an object-oriented method. Engaging with a hundred-year-old antique photo album found in a thrift store, this article brings forth queer (re)visions of past, present, and future that (re)imagine queer (be)longing, which expand spheres of ancestral consciousness in 2SLGBTQIAA+ communities. Situated in the United States, this work traces the e…
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