{"product_id":"a-dublin-magdalene-laundry-donnybrook-and-churchstate-power-in-ireland-9781350279049","title":"A Dublin Magdalene Laundry: Donnybrook and Church-State Power in Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe Magdalene system in Ireland, which includes orphanages, reformatory schools, industrial schools, psychiatric hospitals, County Homes, Mother and Baby Homes, adoption agencies, and Magdalene Laundries, has been exposed and investigated in recent years. This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the system through a close study of Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry in Dublin, focusing on its ethos, development, operation, and built environment, as well as the lives of the girls and women held there. It reveals the underlying framework of Ireland's wider system of institutionalisation, including the privatisation and commodification of public welfare, reproductive injustice, institutionalised misogyny, class prejudice, the visibility of supposedly hidden institutions, and the role of oral testimony in reconstructing history. The authors uncover truths missing from the state's own investigations and highlight the significance of their continuing impact on modern Ireland. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 23 February 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe decades of abuse and neglect perpetrated in Ireland's comprehensive carceral network began to be exposed towards the end of the 20th century, drawing increasing investigation and scholarship. This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the Magdalene system through a close study of Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry in Dublin, focusing on its ethos, development, operation, and built environment, and the lives of the girls and women held there. The analysis includes a focus on the privatisation and commodification of public welfare, reproductive injustice, institutionalised misogyny, class prejudice, the visibility of supposedly hidden institutions, and the role of oral testimony in reconstructing history. By uncovering truths missing from the state's own investigations, shedding new light on how these brutal institutions came to have such a powerful presence in Irish society, and highlighting the significance of their continuing impact on modern Ireland, the authors provide a valuable contribution to the field of Magdalene studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 462g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 155 x 233 x 19 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781350279049\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shulph Ink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44094232396026,"sku":"9781350279049","price":20.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1677243323530_book.jpg?v=1677254065","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/a-dublin-magdalene-laundry-donnybrook-and-churchstate-power-in-ireland-9781350279049","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}