Contested Paternity: Constructing Families in Modern France - Rilegato

Fuchs, Rachel G.

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ISBN 10: 0801888328 ISBN 13: 9780801888328

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2008

Riassunto

This groundbreaking study examines complex notions of paternity and fatherhood in modern France through the lens of contested paternity. Drawing from archival judicial records on paternity suits, paternity denials, deprivation of paternity, and adoption, from the end of the eighteenth century through the twentieth, Rachel G. Fuchs reveals how paternity was defined and how it functioned in the culture and experiences of individual men and women. She addresses the competing definitions of paternity and of families, how public policy toward paternity and the family shifted, and what individuals did to facilitate their personal and familial ideals and goals.

Issues of paternity and the family have broad implications for an understanding of how private acts were governed by laws of the state. Focusing on paternity as a category of family history,Contested Paternity emphasizes the importance of fatherhood, the family, and the law within the greater context of changing attitudes toward parental responsibility.

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Recensione:

"Fascinating in every particular... One of the most important aspects of Contested Paternity is the way in which Fuchs uses the history of paternity suits as a way to analyze changing attitudes towards fatherhood, motherhood, and childhood."

(Jean Elisabeth Pedersen H-France)

"A compelling study that examines the epochal shift in French fatherhood over the past two centuries."

(Kristen Stromberg Childers American Historical Review)

"Accessible and of interest to readers from a variety of disciplines and interdisciplinary junctures."

(Sylvia Schafer Clio)

"Through her comprehensive study of paternity suits and the impact of banning them from 1804 and 1812, Rachel Fuchs has produced a tour de force on the history of family law in France from the eighteenth century to modern times."

(Máire Fedelma Cross French Studies)

"[Fuchs] effectively links battles over paternity and parental responsibility to wider political developments... highly recommended."

(Choice)

"Fuchs's treatment of the theme of constructions of paternity is stimulating, clear and yet highly refined... With her considerable methodological expertise as a social historian of France, she weaves an exceedingly colourful picture of disputes around paternity."

(French History)

"The cases that Fuchs presents are fascinating."

(Caroline Ford Journal of Interdisciplinary History)

"This book's scope and framework make it a significant addition to the history of families in modern France."

(Deborah Houk Schocket Dalhousie French Studies)

"Fuch's book provides us with an excellent guide to understanding how these legal notions originated and how they have evolved in modern French history."

(Camille Robcis Social History)

"In this splendid study, Rachel Fuchs takes an entirely new angle on gender history... On completing the book, all historians will say as I did, 'I wish I'd thought of that.' Fuchs not only thought of it; she did it and did it very well indeed."

(Charles Sowerwine H-France)

L'autore:

Rachel G. Fuchs is a professor of history at Arizona State University.

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• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0801888328
• ISBN 13: 9780801888328
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 353