1.Introduction: Survivor Narratives and Unfinished Histories -- 2. Epistemic Injustice and Credible Subjects -- 3. Silence, Voice and the Ethics of Communication -- 4. Inside the Institution: Discipline and Penance -- 5. Fractured Endings and New Meanings: Religion and Respectability -- 6. Public Si...

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Main Author:	Gott, Chloë K. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2022
Edition:	First edition
Series:	Bloomsbury Studies in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality
Subjects:	Religiöse Identität Weibliche Gefangene Selbstwertgefühl Magdalenenheim Irland Women / Institutional care / Ireland / History Reformatories for women / Ireland / History Unmarried mothers / Institutional care / Ireland / History
Summary:	1.Introduction: Survivor Narratives and Unfinished Histories -- 2. Epistemic Injustice and Credible Subjects -- 3. Silence, Voice and the Ethics of Communication -- 4. Inside the Institution: Discipline and Penance -- 5. Fractured Endings and New Meanings: Religion and Respectability -- 6. Public Silence and Official Voice: Inquiry, Apology and Redress -- 7. Conclusion: Challenging a Lingering Silence -- Appendix A: List of Magdalene Institutions -- Appendix B: List of interviews -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. "How are the identities of women shaped by religious disciplinary processes in Magdalene laundries and how do women re-engage with their sense of self after leaving the institutions? Chloë K. Gott situates these questions within the current cultural climate in which the institutions now sit, considering how they fit into Ireland's present as well as its past. This book represents the first significant secondary analysis to be conducted of 81 oral history interviews recorded as part of the Government of Ireland Collaborative Research project, 'Magdalene Institutions: Recording an Archival and Oral History', funded by the Irish Research Council. These were taken with women formerly incarcerated in these institutions, as well as others associated with this history. Grounded in qualitative analysis of this archive, the book is structured around the voices and words of survivors themselves. With a strong focus on how the experience of being incarcerated in a Magdalene laundry impacted on the gendered religious selves of the women, this book tracks the process of entering, working in and leaving a laundry, explored through the lens of epistemic injustice."--
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	ix, 233 Seiten
Format:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN:	9781350254466