Poem

The Ordinary Woman

Title	The Ordinary Woman
Author	Mary Dorcey

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Moving into the Space Cleared by Our Mothers	1991	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3317

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Moving into the Space Cleared by Our Mothers
Date of Publication	1991
Publisher	Salmon Poetry (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	47-53

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Displacement/Forced Migration HR & Education Gender-based violence Health Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language) Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance Racism/anti-Semitism/Sectarianism Forced Labour (incl. slavery & child labour) Torture
Irish Context	Economic Inequality (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Long (narrative) Poem
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The poem addresses a wide array of intersectional representations of womanhood across cultures, class, and sexulaities.

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