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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Habit: A History of the Clothing of Catholic Nunsdi Elizabeth Kuhns
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Interesting read, since there's not any other books specifically on the habits of Women Religious. But it's compiled from selected secondary sources rather than scholarly written, and just not terribly well-done. Mostly the book sloggishly meanders through centuries and centuries of details on religious habits and related topics, not well-organized and rather random on the included content for specific communities. I have a personal nitpick that the author conflates the Kentucky-based Sisters of Loretto and the IBVM/Loreto Sisters, who are two entirely separate communities. The final chapters, on the changes to habits since Vatican II, were by far the most interesting and valuable, exploring in an even-handed manner the various decisions and opinions for and against retaining the habit. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Curiosity about nuns and their distinctive clothing is almost as old as Catholicism itself. The habit intrigues the religious and the nonreligious alike, from medieval maidens to contemporary schoolboys, to feminists and other social critics. The first book to explore the symbolism of this attire, The Habit presents a visual gallery of the diverse forms of religious clothing and explains the principles and traditions that inspired them. More than just an eye-opening study of the symbolic significance of starched wimples, dark dresses, and flowing veils, The Habit is an incisive, engaging portrait of the roles nuns have and do play in the Catholic Church and in ministering to the needs of society. From the clothing seen in an eleventh-century monastery to the garb worn by nuns on picket lines during the 1960s, habits have always been designed to convey a specific image or ideal. The habits of the Benedictines and the Dominicans, for example, were specifically created to distinguish women who consecrated their lives to God; other habits reflected the sisters’ desire to blend in among the people they served. The brown Carmelite habit was rarely seen outside the monastery wall, while the Flying Nun turned the white winged cornette of the Daughters of Charity into a universally recognized icon. And when many religious abandoned habits in the 1960s and ’70s, it stirred a debate that continues today. Drawing on archival research and personal interviews with nuns all over the United States, Elizabeth Kuhns examines some of the gender and identity issues behind the controversy and brings to light the paradoxes the habit represents. For some, it epitomizes oppression and obsolescence; for others, it embodies the ultimate beauty and dignity of the vocation. Complete with extraordinary photographs, including images of the nineteenth century nuns’ silk bonnets to the simple gray dresses of the Sisters of Social Service, this evocative narrative explores the timeless symbolism of the habit and traces its evolution as a visual reflection of the changes in society. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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