Contested identities
Subtitle: Catholic women religious in nineteenth-century England and Wales
By: Carmen M. Mangion.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Manchester; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780719076275
Subjects: Monasticism and religious orders for women -- England -- History -- 19th century; Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Wales -- History -- 19th century; Nuns -- England; Nuns -- Wales; England -- Church history -- 19th century; Wales -- Church history -- 19th century
Description: "This study is relevant, not only to understanding religious women and Catholicism in nineteenth-century England and Wales, but also in extending our understanding of the role of women in the public and private sphere. It offers an insight into women's religious belief and practice in the nineteenth century and deals with issues as resonant today as in the past. This analysis of women religious is part of the larger story of the agency of nineteenth-century women and the broader transformation of English society and offers a glimpse into a previously ignored section of English society."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Developing identities. Becoming visible; title: Choosing religious life; title: Forming a novice; title: pt. 2. Working identities. Evangelising; title: Professionalising; title: pt. 3. Corporate identities. Building corporate identities; title: Class and ethnicity; title: Authority and governance; title: Conclusion.