Eleanor Peters
Biographic Data
| ID | 3991097 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eleanor Peters |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eleanor |
| FAMILY NAME | Peters |
| SIGNATURE | PETERS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Edge Hill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4659-8274 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
No Longer the Preserve of Townsfolk’
This article examines the role of rural women as electrical mediators in the north of Scotland during the interwar years, focusing on the activities of female representatives of the Craibstone School of Rural Domestic Economy (CSRDE). During this period, female teachers and students working for the CSRDE adopted and promoted electrical appliances, fostering enthusiasm for electrification among women living in the north of Scotland. Notably, at th…
Street Skateboarding and the Aesthetic Order of Public Spaces
Street skateboarders are often excluded from public spaces with skating viewed as anti-social or uncivil. In this article, we argue that it can also be regarded as problematic as it interferes with the look and feel of cities as promoted by late-modern capitalism. The article contributes to an aesthetic criminology by arguing that street skateboarding is itself an aesthetic practice, but that this practice challenges the functionality and aesthet…
On the fringe of the Technical World
This article examines the role of female electrical appliance ‘demonstrators’ in interwar Scotland. During this period, manufacturers launched a variety of domestic electrical appliances into a consumer market already saturated with solid fuel and gas-fired equivalents. To tackle the fierce competition the electrical industry deployed female demonstrators, originally trained in domestic science, to entertain and educate audiences across Scotland.…
The Influence of Choice Feminism on Women’s and Men’s Attitudes towards Name Changing at Marriage
Analysis of name changing choices women have undertaken in English-speaking Western countries such as the USA and in the UK indicate that there are various predictors of whether women change their name at marriage or not, one of which is whether they identify as a feminist. This research examines the views of women and men on the issue of choice in name changing at marriage on a UK-based internet forum, Mumsnet, and in the British newspaper The G…
Observation, experiment or autonomy in the domestic sphere? Women's familiar science writing in Britain, 1790–1830
This paper examines three female writers who chose to affiliate their educational scientific works with the ‘domestic sphere’: Priscilla Wakefield, Jane Marcet and Maria Edgeworth. It shows that within what is now broadly categorized as ‘familiar science’, differing motivations for writing, publishing and reading existed. Between 1790 and 1830 many educationalists claimed that the best way for children to learn was for them to exercise their memo…
Social Work and Social Control in the Third Sector
This paper considers the continued social policy emphasis on parenting and the measures in place to remedy ‘poor’ parenting. Drawing on primary research with parenting workers, the paper looks at the re-education of those subject to parenting interventions by examining philanthropic and state social control over families. This paper concentrates on how parenting workers negotiate delivering ‘social work’ via the concepts of welfare and empowermen…
The weight of my words
This paper considers the experiences of people ordered by the courts in one area of England to attend parenting education classes and also parents who voluntarily attend these programmes. There has been increasing intervention into family life, designed to improve ‘poor’ parenting, most notably the use of parenting education programmes. These programmes deliver skills training with the aim of enhancing parenting practices and improving the behavi…
I blame the mother
There has been an increasing focus from policymakers, academics and journalists on parents as the source of their child's anti-social behaviour both in and outside of the formal school setting. One intervention proffered is the parenting order. The language of parenting orders and parenting interventions obscures a distinct truth, that parenting orders are really mothering orders. This paper draws on findings generated during interviews with 26 p…
Whose side are you on?’ Dilemmas in conducting feminist ethnographic research with young women
Drawing on two recently completed ethnographic studies of young women in the West Midlands, this paper explores a series of issues about the application of feminist principles and practice to such research. One study analysed young women's friendships, mainly through participant observation in school, supplemented by participation at a youth club. The other explored the likely success of the former Conservative Government's ‘Health of the Nation'…
Street Skateboarding and the Aesthetic Order of Public Spaces
Street skateboarders are often excluded from public spaces with skating viewed as anti-social or uncivil. In this article, we argue that it can also be regarded as problematic as it interferes with the look and feel of cities as promoted by late-modern capitalism. The article contributes to an aesthetic criminology by arguing that street skateboarding is itself an aesthetic practice, but that this practice challenges the functionality and aesthet…
I blame the mother
There has been an increasing focus from policymakers, academics and journalists on parents as the source of their child's anti-social behaviour both in and outside of the formal school setting. One intervention proffered is the parenting order. The language of parenting orders and parenting interventions obscures a distinct truth, that parenting orders are really mothering orders. This paper draws on findings generated during interviews with 26 p…
The weight of my words
This paper considers the experiences of people ordered by the courts in one area of England to attend parenting education classes and also parents who voluntarily attend these programmes. There has been increasing intervention into family life, designed to improve ‘poor’ parenting, most notably the use of parenting education programmes. These programmes deliver skills training with the aim of enhancing parenting practices and improving the behavi…
Whose side are you on?’ Dilemmas in conducting feminist ethnographic research with young women
Drawing on two recently completed ethnographic studies of young women in the West Midlands, this paper explores a series of issues about the application of feminist principles and practice to such research. One study analysed young women's friendships, mainly through participant observation in school, supplemented by participation at a youth club. The other explored the likely success of the former Conservative Government's ‘Health of the Nation'…
The Influence of Choice Feminism on Women’s and Men’s Attitudes towards Name Changing at Marriage
Analysis of name changing choices women have undertaken in English-speaking Western countries such as the USA and in the UK indicate that there are various predictors of whether women change their name at marriage or not, one of which is whether they identify as a feminist. This research examines the views of women and men on the issue of choice in name changing at marriage on a UK-based internet forum, Mumsnet, and in the British newspaper The G…
Whose side are you on?’ Dilemmas in conducting feminist ethnographic research with young women
Drawing on two recently completed ethnographic studies of young women in the West Midlands, this paper explores a series of issues about the application of feminist principles and practice to such research. One study analysed young women's friendships, mainly through participant observation in school, supplemented by participation at a youth club. The other explored the likely success of the former Conservative Government's ‘Health of the Nation'…
I blame the mother
There has been an increasing focus from policymakers, academics and journalists on parents as the source of their child's anti-social behaviour both in and outside of the formal school setting. One intervention proffered is the parenting order. The language of parenting orders and parenting interventions obscures a distinct truth, that parenting orders are really mothering orders. This paper draws on findings generated during interviews with 26 p…
Social Work and Social Control in the Third Sector
This paper considers the continued social policy emphasis on parenting and the measures in place to remedy ‘poor’ parenting. Drawing on primary research with parenting workers, the paper looks at the re-education of those subject to parenting interventions by examining philanthropic and state social control over families. This paper concentrates on how parenting workers negotiate delivering ‘social work’ via the concepts of welfare and empowermen…
The weight of my words
This paper considers the experiences of people ordered by the courts in one area of England to attend parenting education classes and also parents who voluntarily attend these programmes. There has been increasing intervention into family life, designed to improve ‘poor’ parenting, most notably the use of parenting education programmes. These programmes deliver skills training with the aim of enhancing parenting practices and improving the behavi…
Observation, experiment or autonomy in the domestic sphere? Women's familiar science writing in Britain, 1790–1830
This paper examines three female writers who chose to affiliate their educational scientific works with the ‘domestic sphere’: Priscilla Wakefield, Jane Marcet and Maria Edgeworth. It shows that within what is now broadly categorized as ‘familiar science’, differing motivations for writing, publishing and reading existed. Between 1790 and 1830 many educationalists claimed that the best way for children to learn was for them to exercise their memo…
The Influence of Choice Feminism on Women’s and Men’s Attitudes towards Name Changing at Marriage
Analysis of name changing choices women have undertaken in English-speaking Western countries such as the USA and in the UK indicate that there are various predictors of whether women change their name at marriage or not, one of which is whether they identify as a feminist. This research examines the views of women and men on the issue of choice in name changing at marriage on a UK-based internet forum, Mumsnet, and in the British newspaper The G…
No Longer the Preserve of Townsfolk’
This article examines the role of rural women as electrical mediators in the north of Scotland during the interwar years, focusing on the activities of female representatives of the Craibstone School of Rural Domestic Economy (CSRDE). During this period, female teachers and students working for the CSRDE adopted and promoted electrical appliances, fostering enthusiasm for electrification among women living in the north of Scotland. Notably, at th…
Street Skateboarding and the Aesthetic Order of Public Spaces
Street skateboarders are often excluded from public spaces with skating viewed as anti-social or uncivil. In this article, we argue that it can also be regarded as problematic as it interferes with the look and feel of cities as promoted by late-modern capitalism. The article contributes to an aesthetic criminology by arguing that street skateboarding is itself an aesthetic practice, but that this practice challenges the functionality and aesthet…
On the fringe of the Technical World
This article examines the role of female electrical appliance ‘demonstrators’ in interwar Scotland. During this period, manufacturers launched a variety of domestic electrical appliances into a consumer market already saturated with solid fuel and gas-fired equivalents. To tackle the fierce competition the electrical industry deployed female demonstrators, originally trained in domestic science, to entertain and educate audiences across Scotland.…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Psychological intervention (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (3 works)