TY - CHAP
T1 - Lies, secrets and silences
T2 - 'that was a disappointment'
AU - Keary, Anne
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The absence of the detailed documentation of Catholic mothers and daughters’ daily lives, past and present, along with a vested interest in the nature of power and representation of women and the construction of feminine silences in the Catholic church enticed me the auto/biographer to write this book. In the interview process as a researcher, I found myself hearing stories about the ‘lies, secrets and silences’ (Rich, 1979) that shroud the Catholic church as an institution. Women used the interview space to discuss and express their viewpoints on the politics of community and religion. One topic which emerged in their conversations was that of the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The older generations, in particular, expressed dismay and anger at the sexual abuse of children by clergy in parish communities including their own local parishes. A hidden, deceitful and tainted history had played out close to their families, homes and schools. The impact that this stained history and its disclosure had on the women’s attitudes towards the Catholic church as an institution and their personal religious belief systems became apparent in the interviews.
AB - The absence of the detailed documentation of Catholic mothers and daughters’ daily lives, past and present, along with a vested interest in the nature of power and representation of women and the construction of feminine silences in the Catholic church enticed me the auto/biographer to write this book. In the interview process as a researcher, I found myself hearing stories about the ‘lies, secrets and silences’ (Rich, 1979) that shroud the Catholic church as an institution. Women used the interview space to discuss and express their viewpoints on the politics of community and religion. One topic which emerged in their conversations was that of the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. The older generations, in particular, expressed dismay and anger at the sexual abuse of children by clergy in parish communities including their own local parishes. A hidden, deceitful and tainted history had played out close to their families, homes and schools. The impact that this stained history and its disclosure had on the women’s attitudes towards the Catholic church as an institution and their personal religious belief systems became apparent in the interviews.
KW - qualitative longitudinal research
KW - Australian Mother-daughter Relationship
KW - Faith
KW - Spirituality
KW - Resilience
KW - Inter-generational Relationships
KW - Generation and change
KW - Girl's Education in Australia
KW - Australian Female Youth Transitions
KW - Australian Women's Studies
KW - Catholic Schooling in Australia
KW - Multi-methodological Approach to Research
KW - continuity and change
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-13-8989-4_10
DO - 10.1007/978-981-13-8989-4_10
M3 - Chapter (Book)
SN - 9789811389887
SP - 163
EP - 177
BT - Education, work and Catholic life
A2 - Keary, Anne
PB - Springer
CY - Singapore Singapore
ER -