The pious sex - Tine Van Osselaer
catholic constructions of masculinity and femininity in Belgium, c. 1800-1940
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The construction of gender in Belgian Catholicism. 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 of femininity and turned religious masculinity into an oddity. This clear-cut gender ideology, however, remains an ideology (prescribed and contested) that needs to be put in the perspective of its context of origin, the bourgeois milieu. How were these gender identities constructed and by whom? With this volume Van Osselaer seeks to clarify how the gender differentiation was created among Belgian Catholics. She brings to light the extent to which religiosity was inscribed in these constructions and how religious teachings contributed to it. It is clear that the limitations of the ‘feminization’ thesis, a master narrative that has strongly contributed to the introduction of women in re...
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2013Uitgever: Universitaire Pers LeuvenReeks: Kadoc-Studies on Religion, Culture and Society384 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 238x170x15ISBN-10: 9058679500ISBN-13: 9789058679505Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback, 23 x 17 cm, 384 p. [Auteur: Tine van Osselaer,] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Leuven University Press, 2013] [Titel: The pious sex / catholic constructions of masculinity and femininity in Belgium, c. 1800-1940]
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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 of femininity and turned religious masculinity into an oddity. This clear-cut gender ideology, however, remains an ideology (prescribed and contested) that needs to be put in the perspective of its context of origin, the bourgeois milieu...
