Ireland's Magdalen Laundries and the Nation's Architecture of Containment - Paperback

by James M. Smith (Author)

This book contends that Ireland's Magdalen laundries chiefly exist in the public mind at the level of story (cultural representation and survivor testimony) rather than history (archival history and documentation).

Author Biography

James M. Smith is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Irish Studies Program, Boston College