Irish Mother and Baby Homes’ fostered children reconstructing their past in Phyllis Whitsell’s "My Secret Mother" (2015) and "A Song for Bridget" (2018)
Considered “outcasts”, unmarried mothers were secluded in Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries during the twentieth century, where they were deprived of their children (Luddy 2011: 109-126). Phyllis Whitsell’s My Secret Mother (2015) and A Song for Bridget (2018) explore the Mother and Baby...
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| description | Considered “outcasts”, unmarried mothers were secluded in Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries during the twentieth century, where they were deprived of their children (Luddy 2011: 109-126). Phyllis Whitsell’s My Secret Mother (2015) and A Song for Bridget (2018) explore the Mother and Baby Homes regime of power, which rendered thousands of women in Ireland in a vulnerable position, and the adoption business the nuns had, which deprived thousands of women of their right to be mothers (Garrett 2010: 330-343). In this article our intention is to explore the trauma caused in both unmarried mothers and illegitimate children by the Irish Catholic system of correction and what sources of healing are offered to them in restoring their identities in the aftermath of their release. To that aim, we will employ Trauma Studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-483652f8c1994eb2a549896bf72800c72022-12-21T19:35:59ZengUniversidad de La RiojaCuadernos de Investigación Filológica0211-05471699-292X2021-06-0149010712510.18172/cif.47003606Irish Mother and Baby Homes’ fostered children reconstructing their past in Phyllis Whitsell’s "My Secret Mother" (2015) and "A Song for Bridget" (2018)Elena María Cantueso Urbano0María Isabel Romero Ruiz1Universidad de MálagaUniversidad de MálagaConsidered “outcasts”, unmarried mothers were secluded in Mother and Baby Homes and Magdalene Laundries during the twentieth century, where they were deprived of their children (Luddy 2011: 109-126). Phyllis Whitsell’s My Secret Mother (2015) and A Song for Bridget (2018) explore the Mother and Baby Homes regime of power, which rendered thousands of women in Ireland in a vulnerable position, and the adoption business the nuns had, which deprived thousands of women of their right to be mothers (Garrett 2010: 330-343). In this article our intention is to explore the trauma caused in both unmarried mothers and illegitimate children by the Irish Catholic system of correction and what sources of healing are offered to them in restoring their identities in the aftermath of their release. To that aim, we will employ Trauma Studies.https://publicaciones.unirioja.es/ojs/index.php/cif/article/view/4700mother and baby homesvulnerabilitytraumahealingidentity |
| spellingShingle | Elena María Cantueso Urbano María Isabel Romero Ruiz Irish Mother and Baby Homes’ fostered children reconstructing their past in Phyllis Whitsell’s "My Secret Mother" (2015) and "A Song for Bridget" (2018) Cuadernos de Investigación Filológica mother and baby homes vulnerability trauma healing identity |
| title | Irish Mother and Baby Homes’ fostered children reconstructing their past in Phyllis Whitsell’s "My Secret Mother" (2015) and "A Song for Bridget" (2018) |
| title_full | Irish Mother and Baby Homes’ fostered children reconstructing their past in Phyllis Whitsell’s "My Secret Mother" (2015) and "A Song for Bridget" (2018) |
| title_fullStr | Irish Mother and Baby Homes’ fostered children reconstructing their past in Phyllis Whitsell’s "My Secret Mother" (2015) and "A Song for Bridget" (2018) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Irish Mother and Baby Homes’ fostered children reconstructing their past in Phyllis Whitsell’s "My Secret Mother" (2015) and "A Song for Bridget" (2018) |
| title_short | Irish Mother and Baby Homes’ fostered children reconstructing their past in Phyllis Whitsell’s "My Secret Mother" (2015) and "A Song for Bridget" (2018) |
| title_sort | irish mother and baby homes fostered children reconstructing their past in phyllis whitsell s my secret mother 2015 and a song for bridget 2018 |
| topic | mother and baby homes vulnerability trauma healing identity |
| url | https://publicaciones.unirioja.es/ojs/index.php/cif/article/view/4700 |
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