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Victorians and the Virgin Mary : religion and gender in England, 1830-85 /

This interdisciplinary study of competing representations of the Virgin Mary examines how anxieties about religious and gender identities intersected to create public controversies that, whilst ostensibly about theology and liturgy, were also attempts to define the role and nature of women. Drawing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herringer, Carol Engelhardt (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK ; New York, NY : Manchester University Press, [2008]
Colección:Gender in history.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This interdisciplinary study of competing representations of the Virgin Mary examines how anxieties about religious and gender identities intersected to create public controversies that, whilst ostensibly about theology and liturgy, were also attempts to define the role and nature of women. Drawing on a variety of sources, this book seeks to revise our understanding of the Victorian religious landscape, both retrieving Catholics from the cultural margins to which they are usually relegated, and calling for a reassessment of the Protestant attitude to the feminine ideal. This book will be useful to advanced students and scholars in a variety of disciplines including history, religious studies, Victorian studies, women's history and gender studies, as well as the educated lay reader who is interested in changing views of the Virgin Mary.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 221 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781847791399
1847791395
9781781700709
1781700702