Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: September 28, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780268041274
Subjects: British & Irish history; Cultural studies; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; History; History - General History; History: World; Christianity - History - Catholic; Europe - Ireland; Women's Studies - History; Modern - 20th Century; Catholic Church; Church work with prostitutes; Institutional care; Ireland; Prostitutes; Rehabilitation; Women
Description: "Focusing on the ten Catholic Magdalen laundries operating between 1922 and 1996, Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment offers the first history of women entering these institutions in the twentieth century. Because the religious orders have not opened their archival records, Smith argues that Ireland's Magdalen institutions continue to exist in the public mind primarily at the level of story (cultural representation and survivor testimony) rather than history (archival history and documentation). The book is addressed to academic and general readers alike."--BOOK JACKET.