Origins of the Magdalene laundries : an analytical history

著者

• McCarthy, Rebecca Lea

書誌事項

Origins of the Magdalene laundries : an analytical history

Rebecca Lea McCarthy

McFarland & Co., c2010

• : [pbk.]

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-253) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The convents, asylums, and laundries that once comprised the Magdalene institutions are the subject of this work. Though originally half-way homes for prostitutes in the Middle Ages, these homes often became forced-labor institutions, particularly in Ireland. Examining the laundries within the context of a growing world capitalist economy, the work argues that the process of colonization, and of defining a national image, determined the nature and longevity of the Magdalene Laundries. This process developed differently in Ireland, where the last laundry closed in 1996. The book focuses on the devolution of the significance of Mary Magdalene as a metaphor for the organization: from an affluent, strong supporter of Jesus to a simple, fallen woman.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB25770381
• ISBN:
  • 9780786444465
• LCCN: 2009050029
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Jefferson, N.C.
• ページ数/冊数: vii, 261 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : BS2485
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Mary Magdalene, Saint
  • LCSH : Mary Magdalene, Saint -- Cult
  • LCSH : Women in Christianity