Poem

Night Protest

Title	Night Protest
Author	Mary Dorcey

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Kindling	1982	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3296

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Kindling
Date of Publication	1982
Publisher	Onlywomen Press (UK)
Page Number(s)	44-5

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	Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration Gender-based violence Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance State Violence
Irish Context	Economic Inequality (Ireland) Other
Languages	English
Genre	Long (narrative) Poem
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	A group of feminist and queer protesters have gathered outside of a prison where women are incarcerated. The poem alludes to the feminist struggles of the 1980s in which Mary Dorcey was actively involved.

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