遗弃在门阶上:1834-1954年澳大利亚遗弃婴儿在保存和揭露家庭秘密中的作用

IF 0.4 3区历史学 Q3 ANTHROPOLOGY

Journal of Family History Pub Date : 2022-02-28 DOI:10.1177/03631990221079753

Shurlee Swain

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基于1834-1954年澳大利亚案例的数据库，本文认为遗弃是一种有意的策略，目的是最大化孩子的生存机会，同时维护其家庭的声誉。然而，遗弃有可能暴露家庭秘密，使他们进入公众的视线，并使他们受到审讯。遗弃也被用于报复，暴露假定父亲的身份，要求经济支持。通过这一分析，文章将放弃定位为个人与社会、私人与公共与保密政治互动的关键场所。

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Left on a Doorstep: The Role of Infant Abandonment in Preserving and Exposing Family Secrets in Australia 1834–1954

Based on a database of Australian cases from 1834–1954, this article argues that abandonment was an intentional strategy intended to maximise a child's chances of survival while preserving its family's reputation. However, abandonment had the potential to expose family secrets, bringing them into the public gaze and subjecting them to interrogation. Abandonment was also used for revenge, exposing the identity of putative fathers in a demand for financial support. Through this analysis the article positions abandonment as a key site of interaction between the individual and society, and the private and the public in relation to the politics of secrecy.

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Family History is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes scholarly research from an international perspective concerning the family as a historical social form, with contributions from the disciplines of history, gender studies, economics, law, political science, policy studies, demography, anthropology, sociology, liberal arts, and the humanities. Themes including gender, sexuality, race, class, and culture are welcome. Its contents, which will be composed of both monographic and interpretative work (including full-length review essays and thematic fora), will reflect the international scope of research on the history of the family.