| Catholic Nuns and Sisters in a Secular Age: Britain, 1945-90 Contributor(s): Mangion, Carmen M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1526140462 ISBN-13: 9781526140463 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - 20th Century - History | Women - Religion | History |
| Series: Gender in History |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.4" W x 8.6" (1.15 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the first in-depth study of post-war female religious life. It draws on archival materials and a remarkable set of eighty interviews to place Catholic sisters and nuns at the heart of the turbulent 1960s, integrating their story of social change into a larger British and international one. Shedding new light on how religious bodies engaged in modernisation, it addresses themes such as the Modern Girl and youth culture, '1968', generational discourse, post-war modernity, the voluntary sector and the women's movement. Women religious were at the forefront of the Roman Catholic Church's movement of adaptation and renewal towards the world. This volume tells their stories in their own words. |