'Came to her dressed in mans cloaths': transgender histories and queer approaches to the family in eighteenth-century Ireland
In: The history of the family: an international quarterly, Band 29, Heft 1, S. 109-130
ISSN: 1081-602X
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In: The history of the family: an international quarterly, Band 29, Heft 1, S. 109-130
ISSN: 1081-602X
In: Gender & history, Band 35, Heft 3, S. 898-915
ISSN: 1468-0424
AbstractThis article explores how Presbyterian religious belief and practice shaped the operation of the sexual double standard in Ireland. It argues that reputation continued to have a public element into the nineteenth century and highlights the role of religion as a locus around which male reputation was validated, restored and safeguarded. Through a system of surveillance, and underpinned by the gossip network, the Presbyterian church courts in Ireland held men to account for lapses in sexual conduct. Presbyterian men, too, were concerned to maintain clear characters. In their efforts to keep sexual indiscretions private and silence their accusers, some men even resorted to bribery, threats of violence and extortion. Others turned to the church courts to validate their reputations, recognising the place and power of the church as a source of moral authority.
In: Irish economic and social history: the journal of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland, Band 45, Heft 1, S. 70-89
ISSN: 2050-4918
Until the late nineteenth century, apprenticeship was the main way in which young people were trained in crafts and trades. Given that most apprenticeship terms lasted approximately seven years, young people could expect to spend a large part of their youth in service to another. Apprenticeship therefore coincided with an important phase in the life cycle of many young men (and women) during this period. A study of apprenticeship not only tells us how young people learned the skills with which they made their future living, it also casts light on the process of 'growing up'. However, we still know little about the everyday lives of apprentices, their relationships with their masters, and how young people themselves understood the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Drawing largely on the diary of John Tennent (1772–1813), a grocer's apprentice who kept a record of his time spent in service, this article aims to broaden our understanding of these themes in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ireland. It demonstrates that, for young middle-class men like Tennent, apprenticeship played a key role in the transition from boy to manhood.
In: Journal of family history: studies in family, kinship and demography, Band 42, Heft 1, S. 22-36
ISSN: 1552-5473
Childbirth is generally viewed as a female activity, which had little participation from men. Drawing largely on the papers of the Crawford family, this article offers an alternative to the traditional picture of childbirth. It argues that men (as husbands, brothers, and fathers) were not only interested in pregnancy and childbirth, but that they also played an active role in these events. It also explores the roles played by men in domestic medicine and argues that the gendered boundaries of the family were not as fixed as they appear.
In: The history of the family: an international quarterly, Band 29, Heft 1, S. 1-14
ISSN: 1081-602X