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Secret Commissions: An Anthology of Victorian Investigative Journalism de Stephen Donovan

Secret Commissions: An Anthology of Victorian Investigative Journalism

Editat de Stephen Donovan, Matthew Rubery
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 sep 2012

În literatura academică dedicată secolului al XIX-lea, jurnalismul de investigație a fost adesea tratat ca un precursor senzoraționalist al presei moderne, fără a beneficia de o consolidare riguroasă a surselor primare într-un singur volum accesibil. Secret Commissions, editat de Stephen Donovan și Matthew Rubery, vine să completeze această lacună, oferind o antologie esențială care demonstrează că tradiția britanică a expunerii injustiției sociale era deja matură cu mult înainte de apariția termenului american de „muckraking”. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care editorii au selectat cele 19 documente, reușind să echilibreze vocile canonice ale epocii, precum Charles Dickens sau Henry Mayhew, cu perspective mai puțin explorate, dar la fel de incisive, aparținând unor jurnaliști ca Elizabeth Banks sau Olive Malvery. Găsim în această carte o progresie tematică logică, de la anchetele lui Angus Reach din districtele manufacturiere (1849) până la experiențele lui Mary Higgs în azilurile pentru vagabonzi (1904). Cititorii familiarizați cu London Labour and the London Poor de Henry Mayhew vor aprecia modul în care acest volum extinde cadrul analizei dincolo de simpla observație socială, către o formă de activism mediatic care a șocat societatea victoriană prin detalii despre prostituție juvenilă, sclavie industrială și infanticid. Această lucrare se plasează firesc în continuarea preocupărilor editorului Matthew Rubery, a cărui operă anterioară, Undercover, investiga originile jurnalismului sub acoperire, oferind acum studenților și cercetătorilor materialul documentar brut necesar pentru înțelegerea evoluției presei britanice. Structura volumului, susținută de introduceri detaliate pentru fiecare capitol și de cele 15 ilustrații originale, facilitează o experiență de lectură riguroasă, transformând un material istoric dens într-o resursă fluidă pentru studiul culturii victoriene.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781551113302
ISBN-10: 1551113309
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 15
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Editura: BROADVIEW PR
Colecția Broadview Press
Locul publicării:Peterborough, Canada

De ce să citești această carte

Această antologie este o resursă fundamentală pentru studenții la jurnalism, istorie sau litere, oferind acces direct la textele care au declanșat reforme sociale majore în Marea Britanie victoriană. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă autentică asupra „feței nevăzute” a Londrei, analizând cum tehnici precum infiltrarea sub acoperire au fost folosite pentru a denunța abuzurile. Este un instrument critic pentru înțelegerea rădăcinilor etice și structurale ale presei de investigație contemporane.

Descriere

Lurid, controversial, and vulnerable to accusations of titillation or rabble-rousing, the works of Victorian investigative journalism collected here nonetheless brought unseen suffering into the light of day. Even today their exposure has the power to shock. As one investigator promised, “The Report of our Secret Commission will be read to-day with a shuddering horror that will thrill throughout the world.”
Secret Commissions brings together nineteen key documents of Victorian investigative journalism. Their authors range from well-known writers such as Charles Dickens, Henry Mayhew, and W.T. Stead to now-forgotten names such as Hugh Shimmin, Elizabeth Banks, and Olive Malvery. Collectively, they show how unsparing descriptions of social injustice became regular features of English journalism long before the advent of American-style “muckraking.” The reports address topics as varied as child abuse, animal cruelty, juvenile prostitution, sweat-shops, slums, gypsies, abortion, infanticide, and other controversial social issues. The collection features detailed chapter introductions, original illustrations, a historical overview of investigative reporting in the nineteenth-century press, and suggestions for further reading.

Recenzii

Lurid, controversial, and vulnerable to accusations of titillation or rabble-rousing, the works of Victorian investigative journalism collected here nonetheless brought unseen suffering into the light of day. Even today their exposure has the power to shock. As one investigator promised, “The Report of our Secret Commission will be read to-day with a shuddering horror that will thrill throughout the world.”
Secret Commissions brings together nineteen key documents of Victorian investigative journalism. Their authors range from well-known writers such as Charles Dickens, Henry Mayhew, and W.T. Stead to now-forgotten names such as Hugh Shimmin, Elizabeth Banks, and Olive Malvery. Collectively, they show how unsparing descriptions of social injustice became regular features of English journalism long before the advent of American-style “muckraking.” The reports address topics as varied as child abuse, animal cruelty, juvenile prostitution, sweat-shops, slums, gypsies, abortion, infanticide, and other controversial social issues. The collection features detailed chapter introductions, original illustrations, a historical overview of investigative reporting in the nineteenth-century press, and suggestions for further reading.

“This is a book full of amazing stuff—Victorian in its facts, but contemporary in its themes. Great reporters doing great stories.” — Nick Davies, investigative reporter, The Guardian
“A superbly annotated anthology that establishes without doubt the origins of modern investigative journalism in the mid- to late-nineteenth-century press. Stephen Donovan and Matthew Rubery’s selection of articles from the late 1840s to the turn of the century makes compelling reading, demonstrating the innovative techniques of the journalists and the shocking nature of their exposés.” — Joanne Shattock, Emeritus Professor of Victorian Literature, University of Leicester
“As this collection of specimens of investigative journalism convincingly illustrates, ‘More is required of the Investigative reporter than sightseeing’! Donovan and Rubery’s thoughtful and provocative introduction is full of fresh perspectives and links to provide an historical and critical context for what follows: a rich cornucopia of examples from across the period and press—dailies, popular weeklies, and monthly reviews, in which a developing definition of fact-based and witness-based journalism may be gleaned.” — Laurel Brake, Professor Emerita of Literature and Print Culture, Birkbeck, University of London

Cuprins

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
A Note on Money
  1. ANGUS REACH, “Labour and the Poor: The Manufacturing Districts” (1849)
  2. HENRY MAYHEW, “Labour and the Poor: The Metropolitan Districts” (1849)
  3. CHARLES DICKENS, “A Sleep to Startle Us” (1852)
  4. HUGH SHIMMIN, “Liverpool Life” (1856)
  5. JOHN HOLLINGSHEAD, “London Horrors” (1861)
  6. MARY CARPENTER, “On the Treatment of Female Convicts” (1863)
  7. JAMES GREENWOOD, “A Night in a Workhouse” (1866)
  8. “A.B.,” “Baby Farming” (1870)
  9. HENRY LABOUCHERE, “Inside Newgate” (1872)
  10. J. EWING RITCHIE, “In a Gipsy Camp” (1879)
  11. GEORGE R. SIMS, “How the Poor Live” (1883)
  12. W.T. STEAD, “The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon” (1885)
  13. ANNIE BESANT, “White Slavery in London” (1888)
  14. BEATRICE POTTER, “Pages from a Work-Girl’s Diary” (1888)
  15. ELIZABETH BANKS, “In Cap and Apron” (1893)
  16. HERBERT CADETT, “Massacre of the Innocents” (1895)
  17. ROBERT H. SHERARD, “The White Slaves of England” (1897)
  18. MARY HIGGS, “The Tramp Ward” (1904)
  19. OLIVE CHRISTIAN MALVERY, “The Edge of the Street” (1904)
Further Reading