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Author Claussen, Heather L., 1968-

Title Unconventional sisterhood : feminist Catholic nuns in the Philippines / Heather L. Claussen.

Publication Info. Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2001]
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (253 pages)
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Series Southeast Asia: politics, meaning, memory
Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, memory.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-245) and index.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Note Print version record.
Contents Prolegomenon: First, a Word -- 1. Sign Me Sister, OSB -- 2. What Makes a Woman? -- 3. The Making of the Missionary Benedictines -- 4. Unggoy Formation -- 5. Reclaiming Philippine Faith as Feminist Practice -- 6. The Woman Question -- 7. Filipina Feminism(s) Revisited.
Summary "Unconventional Sisterhood is an ethnographic exploration of the ways in which Filipina Missionary Benedictine Sisters are renegotiating traditional understandings of gender, religious responsibility, and national identity in the context of a rapidly globalizing nation. Unlike the popular stereotypes of staid sisters cloaked in rigid religious dogmatism, they are doing so by telling jokes, engaging in eclectic religious rituals, maintaining connections with a local nationalist cult, and committing themselves to a radical and feminist politics. This work represents an important addition to scholarship on Philippine feminism. It is one of few ethnographies that focuses on female monasticism--of particular cultural importance in the Christian Philippines, where nuns enjoy relatively high social status and freedom from many of the traditional constraints delineating Filipina lives. It is noteworthy as well for its focus on metropolitan Manila--a socially complex, dynamic, diverse, and understudied environment"--Publisher's description.
Subject Missionary Benedictine Sisters -- Philippines -- Manila.
Missionary Benedictine Sisters
Benediktinerinnen
Feminism -- Philippines -- Religious aspects.
Benedictine nuns -- Political activity -- Philippines.
Benedictine nuns -- Philippines -- Social conditions.
Féminisme -- Philippines -- Aspect religieux.
Bénédictines -- Activité politique -- Philippines.
Bénédictines -- Philippines -- Conditions sociales.
11.59 church history, history of doctrine: other. (NL-LeOCL)077594371
SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General
Philippines
Mission
Feminismus
Philippinen
Benedictinessen.
Missiezusters.
Gender roles.
Role behavior.
Genre/Form Ethnographies.
Études ethnographiques.
Other Form: Print version: Claussen, Heather L., 1968- Unconventional sisterhood. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2001 047211221X (DLC) 2001002647 (OCoLC)46952400
ISBN 9780472904266 (electronic bk.)
0472904264 (electronic bk.)
047211221X (alk. paper)
9780472112210 (alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000047774125
NZ1 13851074
NZ1 15900087
AU@ 000074874819

 
    
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