The Pious Sex : Catholic Constructions of Masculinity and Femininity in Belgium, c. 1800-1940 /
Although women were called the 'pious sex' much earlier, it was during the nineteenth century, when the differences between men and women were being made more explicit, that an intense bond between women and religion was developed. Religiosity was thought to be a 'natural' part o...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Leuven :
Leuven University Press,
[2013]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Gender & Religion ; The 'Feminisation' Thesis: A primer; Approach; The 'Pious Sex' ; Gender Ideology in Church ; Gender Ideology for the 'Little Church', the Catholic Home; The Sacred Heart Devotion in Belgium ; Changing Apostles; Gendering Heroism; Setting the Stage ; Mobilising Men ; Mobilising Mothers ; Adam, Eve and the Others ; 'Feminisation' and 'masculinisation'?; Epilogue; Abbreviations; Bibliography; index; colophon.