All emigrants are up to the physical, mental, and moral standards required
A tale of two child rescue schemes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4003452 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W Sims-Schouten (0000-0002-4463-6057, UCL London UK, corresponding author), Paul Weindling (0000-0003-2908-0430, Oxford Brookes University Oxford UK) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 302-318 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jhbs.22188 |
| PMID | 35134254 |
| OpenAlex | W4210870037 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 45 |
The current paper critically assesses and reflects on the ideals and realities of two major (British) child migration schemes, namely the British Home Child scheme (1869-1930) and the Kindertransport scheme (1938-1940), to add to current understandings of their place within wider international histories of child migration, moral reforms, eugenics, settlement, and identity. Specifically, we focus on constructions of "mentally and physically deficient" children/young people, informed by eugenic viewpoints and biological determinism, and how this guided inclusion and exclusion decisions in both schemes. Both schemes made judgements regarding which children should be included/excluded in the schemes or returned to their country of origin (as was the case with children in the Canadian child migration scheme) fueled by a type of eugenics oriented to transplanting strong physical and psychologically resilient specimens. By viewing the realities of the child migration schemes, including the varied experiences and narratives in relation to child migrants, in light of eugenicist narratives of difference, pathology, victimhood, and contamination, we shed a light on uneven practices, formations of power, and expectations of the times
Aesthetics · Emigration · Epistemology · Eugenics · Identity (music · Ignorance · Inclusion (mineral · Narrative · Political science · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Temporality · Viewpoints · Child Welfare and Adoption · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Medical History and Research · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |