Infanticide in fin-de-siècle France : The example of Le Gil Blas (1879-1900)
During France’s Third Republic, stories of infanticide filled French newspapers. Titles such as ‘Encore un infanticide!’ and ‘Toujours les infanticides!’ pointed to a wave of violence unleashed against the country’s defenseless newborns. This study intends to shed light on the instrumentalization of...
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lenguaje: | Anglais |
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2024
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| Acceso en línea: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumario: | During France’s Third Republic, stories of infanticide filled French newspapers. Titles such as ‘Encore un infanticide!’ and ‘Toujours les infanticides!’ pointed to a wave of violence unleashed against the country’s defenseless newborns. This study intends to shed light on the instrumentalization of these murderous mothers by examining their representation in the journalistic and literary discourses of the newspaper Gil Blas from 1879 to 1900. |
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