Women, Infanticide and the Press, 1822-1922: News Narratives in England and Australia

by Nicola Goc and Dr Nicola Goc

In her study of anonymous infanticide news stories that appeared from 1822 to 1922 in the heart of the British Empire, in regional Leicester, and in the penal colony of Australia, Nicola Goc uses Critical Discourse Analysis to reveal both the broader patterns and the particular rhetorical strategies journalists used to report on young women who killed their babies. Her study takes Foucault's perspective that the production of knowledge, of 'facts'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138251550
• ISBN13: 9781138251557
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"