Ag tabhairt agus ag tógaint i Vitneam

Publication Instance Details #341

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Gender-based violence
Languages	Irish
Original Language	English
Original Poem	Give and Take in Vietnam
Original Author	Helen Soraghan Dwyer
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print
Notes	The poem addresses a Vietnamese mother who had a child with an American soldier during the war, but was left to parent alone after the war. The poem makes explicit reference to child custody and how this child was taken from its mother by its father to live in the USA - 'Just because he can'. The focus is on the legacy of war rather than the actual conflict itself and the implications for women, in particular.