Un/Natural Motherhood in Marina Carr’s The Mai, Portia Couglan, and By the Bog of Cats

[...]she is left, along with her two daughters, to keen for her sons: "They're all gone now, and there isn't anything more the sea can do to me. [...]mothers present in much of twentieth-century Irish drama, with only a few exceptions, are, as Diane Stubbings argues, "merely appa...

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Published in:Theatre history studies 2016, Vol.35 (1), p.179-196
Main Author: Maresh, Karin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
Analysis
Carr, Marina
Children & youth
Criticism and interpretation
Daughters
Families & family life
Marinas
Marriage
Motherhood
Mothers
Playwrights
Portrayals
Society
Women
Works
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Summary:[...]she is left, along with her two daughters, to keen for her sons: "They're all gone now, and there isn't anything more the sea can do to me. [...]mothers present in much of twentieth-century Irish drama, with only a few exceptions, are, as Diane Stubbings argues, "merely apparent" and contained within the male character(s)' story.4 This reflection of the social positioning for women in Irish society-women who are "rendered invisible, or when visible . . . [are] seen one-dimensionally,"5 as Patricia Kennedy notes in Maternity in Ireland-continues in Irish drama through most of the century.
ISSN:0733-2033
2166-9953
2166-9953
DOI:10.1353/ths.2016.0009