nuns, feminism, and American postwar popular culture Sullivan, Rebecca 1966- creator text bibliography Electronic books. onc Toronto Buffalo University of Toronto Press c2005 2005 monographic eng

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1 online resource (xi, 255 p.) : ill. "The 1950s and 1960s were times of extraordinary social and political change that redrew the boundaries between traditional and progressive, conservative and liberal. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the history of Catholic nuns. During these two decades, nuns boldly experimented with their role in the church, removing their habits, rejecting the cloister, and fighting for social justice. The media quickly took to their cause and dubbed them 'the new nuns, ' modem exemplars of liberated but sexually contained womanhood." "With Visual Habits, Rebecca Sullivan brings this unexamined history of nuns to the fore, revisiting the intersection of three distinct movements - the Second Vatican Council, the second wave of feminism, and the sexual revolution - to explore the pivotal role nuns played in revamping cultural expectations of femininity and feminism." "From The Nun's Story to The Flying Nun to The Singing Nun, nuns were a major presence in mainstream media and culture. Charting their evolving representation in film and television, popular music, magazines, and girls' literature, Sullivan discusses these images in the context of the period's seemingly unlimited potential for social change. In the process, she delivers a rich cultural analysis of a topic too long ignored."--Jacket. Introduction : gender, religion, and culture -- 1. Cracks in the cloister : the changing cultural role of nuns -- 2. Celluloid sisters : nuns in Hollywood -- 3. Whose story is The nun's story? -- 4. Adventurous souls : vocation books and postwar girl culture -- 5. Sing out, sister! : sacred music and the feminized folk scene -- 6. Gidget joins a convent : television confronts the new nuns -- Conclusion : the return of the new nuns. Rebecca Sullivan. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-239) an index. n-us--- Nuns in art United States Monasticism and religious orders for women United States Feminism United States Religieuses dans les médias États-Unis Monachisme et ordres religieux féminins Etats-Unis Féminisme États-Unis Religiöse Kunst Pop-Kultur Nonne Feminismus USA SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural RELIGION / Christian Life / General BR115.A8 S85 2005 BX4220.U6 S84 2005 248.8/943/0973 Sullivan, Rebecca, 1966- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2005 (DLC) 2005282971 (OCoLC)57166110 9781442683112 (electronic bk.) 1442683112 (electronic bk.) 22573/ctt59ng6 JSTOR http://site.ebrary.com/id/10291452 http://www.myilibrary.com?id=202918 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442683112 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=682329 http://site.ebrary.com/id/10291452 http://www.myilibrary.com?id=202918 http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442683112 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=682329 IDEBK 100929 20200709060033.0 ocn666915044 eng