Irish Mother and Baby Homes’ fostered children reconstructing their past in Phyllis Whitsell’s "My Secret Mother" (2015) and "A Song for Bridget" (2018)

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elena María Cantueso Urbano, María Isabel Romero Ruiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de La Rioja 2021-06-01
Series:Cuadernos de Investigación Filológica
Subjects:
mother and baby homes
vulnerability
trauma
healing
identity
Online Access:https://publicaciones.unirioja.es/ojs/index.php/cif/article/view/4700

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