A Woman's Place
Uncovering Maternalistic Forms of Governance in the 19 th Century Reformatory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12669263 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alana Barton (0000-0001-8740-6238, Ministry of Law and Justice, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 89-104 |
| Publication date | 2011-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Family & Community History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-1180 • E-ISSN: 1751-3812 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/175138111x13153986167570 |
| OpenAlex | W2076317793 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article will explore 'maternalistic' forms of governance in a 19th century female reformatory. The ideological foundations and operational practices of the reformatory movement have predominantly been analysed within a theoretical framework that prioritises their paternalistic construction. Yet overwhelmingly it was female matrons who took daily custody of these institutions. I argue here that an examination of this female presence disrupts the notion of paternalistic supremacy with regard to institutional power relations. However, this is not to suggest the complete elimination of paternalistic primacy. Rather, the paper will highlight how the matrons attempted to negotiate and manage the complex relations that emerged for themselves in their roles as both 'governing' and 'governed' women. The paucity and nature of the data available poses particular methodological issues and therefore the paper will also advocate a more 'imaginative' contextualised approach which embraces the 'art' as well as the 'science' of archival excavation
Corporate governance · Economics · Ideology · Management · Negotiation · Paternalism · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law
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Women and philanthropy in nineteenth-century England
Histoire de la sexualité, Tome I
Using Documents in Social Research
Women's Imprisonment
Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
Punishment in Disguise
Regulating Womanhood
Offending Women
Confining Femininity
Historical Approaches to Crime
The Past as a Foreign Country? Some Methodological Implications of Doing Historical Criminology
Penitentiaries, Reformatories, and Chain Gangs
Discipline and Punish
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |