Constructing Reformatory Identity
«I found this research highly professionally written and academically convincing, it has something to offer to anybody working in the areas of youth work, social work or child protection.» (Markku Jahnukainen, Young)»
By focusing on one particular re-education institution, this book offers a multifaceted analysis of practices of diagnosis and curing what was defined as "delinquency", "criminality" or "disorderly behaviour" at the turn of the twentieth century. Les mer
The book is based on extensive archival research drawing from a wide range of new and neglected sources. The primary material includes a unique collection of documents produced by the girls of the Vuorela State Reform School in Finland. Narrative analysis of correspondence, and careful scrutiny of the official sources created for re-educational purposes, form a basis for the investigation of the interaction between pupils' own self-expression and the aims of re-education in the construction of reformed identities. The practices developed in Finland are carefully contextualised in the European history of re-education.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Verlag Peter Lang
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 345
- ISBN
- 9783039119134
- Utgivelsesår
- 2009
- Format
- 22 x 15 cm
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«I found this research highly professionally written and academically convincing, it has something to offer to anybody working in the areas of youth work, social work or child protection.» (Markku Jahnukainen, Young)»