{"product_id":"a-dublin-magdalene-laundry-9781350279049","title":"A Dublin Magdalene Laundry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTowards the end of the 20th century, the decades of abuse and neglect perpetrated in Ireland''s comprehensive carceral network began finally to be exposed. The mistreatment endured by children and others on the margins of Irish society, notably women, in these orphanages, reformatory schools, industrial schools, psychiatric hospitals, County Homes, Mother and Baby Homes, adoption agencies and Magdalene Laundries now attracts increasing investigation and scholarship. Bringing together contributions from leading experts across a broad range of disciplines, including history, philosophy, law, archaeology, criminology, accounting and architecture, this book offers a comprehensive exploration of the Magdalene system through a close study of Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry in Dublin.  To date, the Justice for Magdalenes Research group has recorded the names of 315 women and girls who died at Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry.  By focusing on this one institutionon its ethos, development, operation a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the remarkable achievements of this book is the amount of detail that the writers managed to gather without access to the archives of the Religious Sisters of Charity […] through [the writers’] work, the voice of survivors of the institution is given the prominence and respect it deserves * History Ireland *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction – Mark Coen, Katherine O’Donnell, Maeve O’Rourke  \u003cb\u003ePolitical, Cultural and Social Contexts of Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry\u003c\/b\u003e   1.\u003ci\u003e The Religious      Sisters of Charity: Origins, Development and Controversies\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Coen  \u003ci\u003eDonnybrook \u003c\/i\u003e 2.\u003ci\u003e Magdalene      Asylum and the Priorities of a Nation: A History of Respectability\u003c\/i\u003e, Lindsey      Earner-Byrne 3. ‘\u003ci\u003eCheap in the      End’: A History of Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Coen  4.\u003ci\u003e ‘Magdalene’ Testimony from the Donnybrook Laundry\u003c\/i\u003e, Katherine      O’Donnell   \u003cb\u003eSocial, Commercial and Legal Significance of Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry\u003c\/b\u003e 5. \u003ci\u003eDesigning Donnybrook: Conceiving Ireland’s ‘Architecture of Containment’,\u003c\/i\u003e Chris Hamill 6.\u003ci\u003e ‘Benefactors and Friends’: Charitable Bequests, Reparation and the Donnybrook Laundry\u003c\/i\u003e, Máiréad Enright 7. \u003ci\u003eAccounting at the Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry\u003c\/i\u003e, Brid Murphy and Martin Quinn 8.\u003ci\u003e ‘Women of Evil Life’: Donnybrook Magdalene and the Criminal Justice System\u003c\/i\u003e, Lynsey Black   \u003cb\u003eHeritage and Memory \u003c\/b\u003e 9. \u003ci\u003eContemporary \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchaeology and Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry: Working with the Material Remnants of an Institutionalised Recent Past, \u003c\/i\u003eLaura McAtackney 10. \u003ci\u003e The Material Evidence of Donnybrook Magdalene Laundry\u003c\/i\u003e (i) Museum Display and Interpretation as an act of Social Justice, Brenda Malone  (ii) Archival Legacies,  Barry Houlihan       11. \u003ci\u003eGuerrilla Archive: Donnybrook and the Magdalene Names Project\u003c\/i\u003e, Claire McGettrick","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738614313303,"sku":"9781350279049","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350279049.jpg?v=1720049659","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-dublin-magdalene-laundry-9781350279049","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}