Parricide and Violence Against Parents Throughout History: (De)Constructing Family and Authority?

by Marianna Muravyeva, Phillip Shon, Raisa Maria Toivo

Book Overview

Introduction; Marianna Muravyeva and Raisa Toivo.- PART 1: NORMATIVE CONCEPTS AND FAMILY AUTHORITY.- 'What Kind of Monster or Beast are You?' Parricide and Patricide in Roman Law and Society; Barbara Biscotti.- 'A timely warning to rash and disobedient children': Normative Literature and Violence against Parents in England, 1600-1800; Jim Sharpe.- Degeneracy and Abuse: Attitudes to Violence against Parents in Nineteenth-Century Russia.- PART 2: HISTORICISING...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349949965
• ISBN13: 9781349949960
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"