‘I cannot keep my place without being deascent’: Pauper Letters, Parish Clothing and Pragmatism in the South of England, 1750–18301
‘I cannot keep my place without being deascent’: Pauper Letters, Parish Clothing and Pragmatism in the South of England, 1750–18301
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“如果不下降，我就无法保住自己的地位”：《贫民信件》、英格兰南部教区服装和实用主义，1750-18301 年
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2009
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P. Jones
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摘要本文考察了旧《济贫法》下的贫民代理问题。它依赖于对穷人的“声音”的检查，因为它出现在一个迄今为止被忽视的来源，穷人的信。历史学家经常对贫困救济的“面对面”性质进行评论，然而，尽管对其管理的各个方面都有持续的历史关注，但穷人如何实际互动的问题，更不用说能够影响，救济的提供在很大程度上仍未得到研究。本文聚焦于对服装的要求或涉及到的问题，认为贫民不仅表现出对当地救济政策的迫切意识，而且还利用许多长期存在的强大文化话语来加强他们对服装救济的支持。
Abstract This paper examines the issue of pauper agency under the old poor law. It relies on an examination of the ‘voice’ of paupers as it appears in a hitherto neglected source, pauper letters. The ‘face-to-face’ nature of poor relief has often been commented upon by historians, yet despite an ongoing historical preoccupation with all aspects of its administration, the question of how paupers actually interacted with, let alone were able to influence, the provision of that relief remains largely unexamined. Concentrating on requests for, or involving the issue of, clothing, this paper argues that paupers not only demonstrated a keen awareness of the imperatives underpinning relief policy in the locality, but also utilised aspects of many long-standing and powerful cultural discourses to strengthen their case for clothing relief.