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Gray, Jane (2014) The circulation of children in rural Ireland during the first half of the twentieth century. Continuity and Change, 29 (3). pp. 399-421. ISSN 0268-4160
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Abstract
This paper analyses the interactions amongst family, household and extended kin through an
examination of two ‘circulations’ of children within rural Irish communities during the first half of the
twentieth century: (1) the daily journey from home to school; (2) going to live with relatives other
than parents. Drawing on life-history narratives, the article develops a new perspective on the stem-family
system in Ireland by showing how ‘incomplete’ family households formed integral parts of
local kinship circles and were deeply engaged in the veryday lives of ‘complete’ family households,
including the promotion of extended family survival and social mobility.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Preprint version of original published article available at Jane Gray, The circulation of children in rural Ireland during the first half of the twentieth century, Continuity and Change Volume 29 Issue 03 December 2014, pp 399-421 Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0268416014000241 , Published online: 01 December 2014 |
| Keywords: | family; circulation; children; rural Ireland; 1900-1950; twentieth century; stem family; kinship circle; household; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: | 5693 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0268416014000241 |
| Depositing User: | Jane Gray |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jan 2015 10:36 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Continuity and Change |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Refereed: | No |
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| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/5693 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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