Motherhood Confined
Maternal Health in English Prisons, 1853-1955
Seiten
2024
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-6679-1 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-6679-1 (ISBN)
The book is the first extensive historical examination of motherhood in English prisons. It addresses the challenges mothers and babies have historically posed to prison systems not designed with their containment and the management of their health in mind. -- .
When we imagine life behind the high walls of the fortress-like prisons that were built and modified as the modern prison system was created in the mid-nineteenth century, we conjure up scenes where strict regulation prevailed to control people in body and in mind. An image that poses something of a paradox is that of mothers and their babies living in this carceral environment. This book looks behind the cell doors of these institutions to illuminate the experiences of this group of prisoners. The management of their health alongside the management of penal discipline posed complex conundrums to the prison system. Although rarely fully considered at policy level, this balancing act was negotiated by those who lived and worked in prisons on a daily basis.
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC) licence. -- .
When we imagine life behind the high walls of the fortress-like prisons that were built and modified as the modern prison system was created in the mid-nineteenth century, we conjure up scenes where strict regulation prevailed to control people in body and in mind. An image that poses something of a paradox is that of mothers and their babies living in this carceral environment. This book looks behind the cell doors of these institutions to illuminate the experiences of this group of prisoners. The management of their health alongside the management of penal discipline posed complex conundrums to the prison system. Although rarely fully considered at policy level, this balancing act was negotiated by those who lived and worked in prisons on a daily basis.
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC) licence. -- .
Rachel Bennett is a history teacher and a historian of British crime and punishment -- .
List of figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1 Contesting women’s health in the prison system
2 Maternity care in prison
3 Mothering in a carceral space
4 Born in prison: a heritage of woe?
Conclusion
Bibliography -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.01.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Social Histories of Medicine |
| Zusatzinfo | 3 b&w images |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 402 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Gynäkologie / Geburtshilfe | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-6679-8 / 1526166798 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-6679-1 / 9781526166791 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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