The Gauvreau, Michael1956-creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.History.Electronic books.qucMontreal [Que.]McGill-Queen's University Press©20052005monographiceng1 online resource (xiv, 501 pages)."Michel Gauvreau shows that between the 1930s and the 1960s the Catholic Church in Quebec espoused a particularly radical understanding of modernity, especially with regard to youth, gender identities, marriage, and family. Catholicism emerges as an institution increasingly dominated by the priorities of laypeople and the central force in Quebec's cultural transformation."--Jacket.Recasting Catholicism's place in modern Quebec -- "The presence of heroism in our lives": youth, catholicism, and the cultural origins of the Quiet Revolution, 1931-1945 -- "Spiritual athletes": elites, masses, and the betrayal of Catholicism, 1945-1958 -- "A new world is born, and with it a new family": Marriage, sexuality, nuclearity, and the reconstruction of the French-Canadian family, 1931-1955 -- "The defeat of the father": the disaggregation and privatization of the French-Canadian family, 1955-1970 -- "The epic of contemporary feminism has unfolded in the church": sexuality, birth control, and personalist feminism, 1931-1971 -- The final concordat: Catholicism and education reform in Quebec, 1960-1964 -- "An old, ill-fitting garment": Fernand Dumont, Quebec's second revolution, and the drama of de-Christianization, 1964-1971.Michael Gauvreau.Limited edition of 535 copies.Includes bibliographical references and index.n-cn-quCatholic ChurchQuébec (Province)History20th centuryCatholic Church.Église catholiqueQuébec (Province)Histoire20e siècleCatholic Church.Catholic youthQuébec (Province)History20th centuryCatholic ActionQuébec (Province)History20th centuryYouth movementsQuébec (Province)History20th centurySocial changeQuébec (Province)History20th centuryQuébec (Province)History1960-1976Jeunesse catholiqueQuébec (Province)Histoire20e siècleAction catholiqueQuébec (Province)Histoire20e siècleMouvements de jeunesseQuébec (Province)Histoire20e siècleChangement socialQuébec (Province)Histoire20e siècleQuébec (Province)Histoire1960-1976RELIGIONInstitutions & OrganizationsHISTORYRevolutionaryCatholic ActionCatholic youthSocial changeYouth movementsQuébecRooms-Katholieke KerkJeugdbewegingVernieuwingCultuurveranderingSociale veranderingQuebec (provincie)Jeunesse catholiqueQuébec (Province)Histoire20e siècleAction catholiqueQuébec (Province)Histoire20e siècleMouvements de jeunesseQuébec (Province)Histoire20e siècleChangement socialQuébec (Province)Histoire20e siècleQuébec (Province)Histoire1960-1976 1900-1999 fast BX1422.Q8 G38 2005eb267/.622714Gauvreau, Michael, 1956-Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2005(DLC) 2006285198(OCoLC)589304729780773572751077357275922573/ctt6pvg6 JSTORBCD0BBC0-DD00-4EA2-AD4A-B90662AB2C5B OverDrive, Inc.http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=403900http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=403900UAB05031120200709055431.0ocn191819014eng