“Slumming in Whitechapel” with Lillie Harris (1863–1921): Disembodiment, Power, and the Female Investigative Journalist

• Published in: Victorian periodicals review Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 583 - 599
• Main Authors: Van Remoortel, Marianne, Demarée, Fien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01.12.2020; Research Society for Victorian Periodicals
• Subjects: 19th century; Archives & records; Authorship; Beetham, Margaret; Biographies; Careers; Embodiment; Empowerment; Females; Harris, Lillie (1863-1921); Journalism; Periodicals; Reading; Serial murders; Text analysis; Women; Working class; United Kingdom > UK; England; London England

This essay engages with Margaret Beetham’s ideas about embodiment, disembodiment, and power in relation to print to explore a series of anonymous articles entitled “Slumming in Whitechapel,” published in the Sheffield Weekly Telegraph between October 27 and November 17, 1888, at the height of the Ja...