On Dads and Damages
Looking for the “Priceless Child” and the “Manly Modern” in Quebec’s Civil Courts, 1921-1960
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6066472 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Gossage (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 100 |
| Pages | 603-623 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Histoire sociale (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2257 • E-ISSN: 1918-6576 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/his.2016.0042 |
| OpenAlex | W2562998745 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
This essay explores the legal rights and responsibilities of fathers as they were interpreted by Quebec’s civil courts between 1921 and 1960. The focus is on 59 published cases in which fathers were named as plaintiffs or defendants in actions where legal damages were sought in relation to incidents that involved their children, as either victims or authors of harmful acts. These lawsuits are analysed with specific reference to two key concepts, Viviana Zelizer’s Priceless Child (1985) and Christopher Dummitt’s Manly Modern (2007), with the latter found more useful for understanding the changing dynamics of masculine parenthood in this period
Art · Civil rights · Criminology · Damages · Period (music · Plaintiff · Political science · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2021 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |