Irish Mother and Baby Homes’ fostered children reconstructing their past in Phyllis Whitsell’s "My Secret Mother" (2015) and "A Song for Bridget" (2018)

Elena María Cantueso Urbano; María Isabel Romero Ruiz

doi:10.18172/cif.4700

Auteurs-es

Elena María Cantueso Urbano Universidad de Málaga
María Isabel Romero Ruiz Universidad de Málaga

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.18172/cif.4700

Mots-clés :

Maisons pour mères et bébés, vulnérabilité, traumatisme, résistance, identité

Résumé

Considérées comme «marginalisées», les mères célibataires ont été confinées dans des foyers et des blanchisseries pour mères et bébés à Magdalena au cours du XXe siècle, où elles ont été privées de leurs enfants (Luddy 2011: 109-126). My Secret Mother (2015) et A Song for Bridget (2018) de Phyllis Whitsell explorent le régime du pouvoir dans les foyers pour mères et bébés, qui a laissé des milliers de femmes en Irlande dans une position vulnérable, et l'entreprise d'adoption qu'elles dirigeaient. religieuses, privant des milliers de femmes de leur droit de devenir mères (Garrett 2010: 330-343). Dans cet article, notre intention est d'explorer le traumatisme causé à la fois aux mères célibataires et aux enfants illégitimes par le système correctionnel catholique irlandais et quelles sont les sources de résistance qui leur sont offertes pour restaurer leur identité après leur libération. À cette fin, nous utiliserons des études de traumatologie.

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Elena María Cantueso Urbano, Universidad de Málaga

Estudiante de doctorado

María Isabel Romero Ruiz, Universidad de Málaga

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