| Mennonite Women in Canada: A History Contributor(s): Epp, Marlene (Author) |
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ISBN: 0887557066 ISBN-13: 9780887557064 Publisher: University of Manitoba Press OUR PRICE: $27.86 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2008 Annotation: Female voices are rare in the historical record of the Mennonites. Nevertheless, Mennonite women were influential in shaping Mennonite and Canadian society. Mennonite Women in Canada, the first comprehensive history of Mennonite women, traces their role over the past two hundred years. Marlene Epp explores women's roles within the contexts of immigration, family, church life, work, education, and social life. Comparing how Mennonites dictate women's "place" within society with how women actually behave, Epp finds a contradiction between behavioral ideals and practicalities. Also, women's responses to dictates about their proper place vary widely, unsettling a clear delineation of their roles. Using diaries, oral histories, genealogies, and memoirs, Epp presents a fascinating story of Canadian Mennonite women that deserves to be read by women and men everywhere. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Religion | Christianity - Mennonite - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) |
| Dewey: 305.486 |
| Series: Studies in Immigration and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 6.06" W x 8.9" (1.23 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mennonite Women in Canada traces the complex social history and multiple identities of Canadian Mennonite women over 200 years. Marlene Epp explores women's roles, as prescribed and as lived, within the contexts of immigration and settlement, household and family, church and organizational life, work and education, and in response to social trends and events. The combined histories of Mennonite women offer a rich and fascinating study of how women actively participate in ordering their lives within ethno-religious communities. |
Contributor Bio(s): Epp, Marlene: - Marlene Epp teaches history and peace and conflict studies at Conrad Grebel University College at the University of Waterloo. She is the author of Women without Men: Mennonite Refugees of the Second World War and co-editor with Franca Iacoveta and Frances Swyripa of Sisters or Strangers? Immigrant, Ethnic, and Racialized Women in Canadian History. |