Grief and Youth Remembered: Accessing Experiences of Historical Youth Justice through Memoir

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Carden, Clarissa
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2021
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This article will explore the theme of disenfranchised grief in the memoirs of two former inmates of the Westbrook Farm Home for Boys, an institution in Queensland, Australia, which primarily housed boys convicted of criminal offences. Both Stokes and Fletcher were incarcerated in the institution during a pivotal moment in its history, one which has come to be known, through later government inquiries, as a period during which abuse was rife. In analyzing these memoirs, this article demonstrates the significance of published memoir as a means to access the historical experiences of marginalized young people. It also argues ...
View more >This article will explore the theme of disenfranchised grief in the memoirs of two former inmates of the Westbrook Farm Home for Boys, an institution in Queensland, Australia, which primarily housed boys convicted of criminal offences. Both Stokes and Fletcher were incarcerated in the institution during a pivotal moment in its history, one which has come to be known, through later government inquiries, as a period during which abuse was rife. In analyzing these memoirs, this article demonstrates the significance of published memoir as a means to access the historical experiences of marginalized young people. It also argues for the recognition of grief as an important, but often neglected, aspect of marginalized youth experiences.
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View more >This article will explore the theme of disenfranchised grief in the memoirs of two former inmates of the Westbrook Farm Home for Boys, an institution in Queensland, Australia, which primarily housed boys convicted of criminal offences. Both Stokes and Fletcher were incarcerated in the institution during a pivotal moment in its history, one which has come to be known, through later government inquiries, as a period during which abuse was rife. In analyzing these memoirs, this article demonstrates the significance of published memoir as a means to access the historical experiences of marginalized young people. It also argues for the recognition of grief as an important, but often neglected, aspect of marginalized youth experiences.
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Journal Title
Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth
Volume
14
Issue
1
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© 2021 The Johns Hopkins University Press. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Cultural studies
Historical studies
Australian history