Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment

This book contends that Ireland's Magdalen laundries chiefly exist in the public mind at the level of story (cultural representation and survivor testimony) rather than history (archival history and documentation).

Author: James M. Smith
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 03/05/2012
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d
ISBN: 9780719078880

About the Author

James M. Smith is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Irish Studies Program, Boston College