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'A most diabolical deed' : infanticide and Irish society, 1850-1900
Examining the phenomenon of infanticide in Ireland from 1850 to 1900, this title is based on a large sample of 4,645 individual cases of infant murder, attempted infanticide and concealment of birth. Through a variety of sources, attitudes towards the crime of infanticide and women accused of the offence are revealed.
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Women, Infanticide and the Press, 1822–1922
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' and truth claims, and the exercise of power, are inextricably connected to discourse. Newspaper discourses provide a way to investigate the discursive practices that brought the nineteenth-century infanticidal woman - known as ’the Infanticide’ - into being. The actions of the infanticidal mother were understood as a fundamental threat to society, not only because they subverted the ideal of Victorian womanhood but also because a woman's actions destroyed a man's lineage. For these reasons, Goc demonstrates, infanticide narratives were politicised in the press and woven into interconnected narratives about the regulation of women, women's rights, the family, the law, welfare, and medicine that dominated nineteenth-century discourse. For example, the Times used individual stories of infanticide to argue against the Bastardy Clause in the Poor Law that denied unmarried women and their children relief. Infanticide narratives often adopted the conventions of the courtroom drama, with the young transgressive female positioned against a body of male authoritarian figures, a juxtaposition that reinforced male authority over women. Alive to the marked differences between various types of newspapers, Goc's study offers a rich and nuanced discussion of the Victorian press's fascination with infanticide. At the same time, infanticide news stories shaped how women who killed their babies were known and understood in ways that pathologised their actions. This, in turn, influenced medical, judicial, and welfare policies regar
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Medea
\"The Medea of Euripides is one of the greatest of all Greek tragedies, and arguably the one that has the most significance for us today. A barbarian woman brought to Corinth and there abandoned by her Greek husband, Medea seeks vengeance on Jason, and is willing to strike out against his new wife and family--even slaughtering the sons she has born him. From the very beginning of the play we are drawn into a world \"torn asunder by blind, disruptive forces, which affords no consolation, no compassion for suffering.\" At its center is Medea herself, a character who refuses definition: is she a hero, a witch, a psychopath, a goddess? All that can be said for certain is that she is a woman who has loved, has suffered, and will stop at nothing for vengeance. In this stunning translation, poet Charles Martin captures the rhythms of Euripides's original text through contemporary rhyme and meter that speaks directly to modern readers. An introduction by classicist and poet A.E. Stallings examines the complex and multifaceted Medea in patriarchal ancient Greece. Perfect in and out of the classroom as well as for theatrical performance, this faithful translation succeeds like no other\"--Provided by publisher.
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Infanticide by the White-throated Cacholote en el Desierto de Monte, Argentina
We documented a case of nonparental infanticide at a nest of White-throated Cacholote (Pseudoseisura gutturalis) in 2018 in xeric northwestern Argentina, the first confirmed for the large family Furnariidae. Competition for resources such as food or nest sites, rather than cannibalism or short-term mating opportunities, may underlie this event. Received 26 May 2021. Accepted 7 December 2021.
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Analysis on a Case of Cannibalistic Infanticide in Tiger
母性缺失会导致哺乳期间不哺乳、弃仔, 甚至食仔行为。笔者通过监控录像、现场观察等方式, 对1只雌性华南虎 (Panthera tigris amoyensis) 杀婴食仔行为进行初步研究, 观察其杀婴食仔过程, 结合日常饲养管理, 推测诱发此次杀婴食仔行为可能在于高龄泌乳能力差、幼崽身体缺陷或者频繁舔舐误伤幼崽, 不排除人为干扰和疾病因素。并针对诱因提出饲养管理建议, 为虎的人工饲养管理提供参考。
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