Shaped by silence: stories from inmates of the good shepherd laundries and reformatories
Auteur :
Croll, Rie
Éditeur :
Memorial University Press
ISBN :
9781894725538
Date de publication :
27 mai 2019
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Format :
A-format paperback
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Canada
Five women's compelling accounts from Ireland, Canada, and Australia reveal life in Magdalene laundries and Good Shepherd institutions where forced labor, abuse, and isolation aimed to reshape them into an ideal of 'pure womanhood.' Their stories expose systemic cruelty and the courageous quest to rebuild their lives.