Common Threads: A Cultural History of Clothing in American Catholicism - Couverture rigide

Dwyer-McNulty, Sally

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ISBN 10 : 146961409X ISBN 13 : 9781469614090

Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014

Synopsis

A well-illustrated cultural history of the apparel worn by American Catholics, Sally Dwyer-McNulty's Common Threads reveals the transnational origins and homegrown significance of clothing in developing identity, unity, and a sense of respectability for a major religious group that had long struggled for its footing in a Protestant-dominated society often openly hostile to Catholics. Focusing on those who wore the most visually distinct clothes--priests, women religious, and schoolchildren--the story begins in the 1830s, when most American priests were foreign born and wore a variety of clerical styles. Dwyer-McNulty tracks and analyses changes in Catholic clothing all the way through the twentieth century and into the present, which finds the new Pope Francis choosing to wear plain black shoes rather than ornate red ones.

Drawing on insights from the study of material culture and of lived religion, Dwyer-McNulty demonstrates how the visual lexicon of clothing in Catholicism can indicate gender ideology, age, and class. Indeed, clothing itself has become a kind of Catholic language, whether expressing shared devotional experiences or entwined with debates about education, authority, and the place of religion in American society.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sally Dwyer-McNulty is associate professor of history at Marist College, USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of North Carolina Press
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 146961409X
• ISBN 13: 9781469614090
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
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