German Governesses in Victorian Middle-class Families
A Challenge to Domestic Authority
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6080123 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan N Bayley (Dawson College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 254-279 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0363199019831991 |
| OpenAlex | W2921322162 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Between 1840 and 1900 thousands of German governesses resided in English middle-class homes. As employees they were subject to domestic authority, which lay mainly with the mother. This study uses the memoirs, advice books, essays and letters of governesses, pupils and employers to analyze how domestic authority operated in individual households. It concludes that domestic authority was powerful but open to challenge and modification. It also demonstrates that mothers were important filters of German culture, that minor differences in English and German domestic styles caused conflicts and that knowledge transfer was a piecemeal and selective process
German · Library science · Memoir · Middle class · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |