Holy Tears, Holy Blood
Women, Catholicism, and the Culture of Suffering in France, 1840-1970
In Holy Tears, Holy Blood, Richard D. E. Burton continues his investigation of Catholic France from Revolution to Liberation. From his focus in Blood in the City on public demonstrations of the cultural power of Catholicism, he now turns to more private rituals, those codes of conduct that shaped the interior lives of French Catholic women and determined their artistic and social presentation. Here there is rather less blood, and considerably more weeping, Burton says. In portraits of eleven women, including Simone Weil and Sainte Therese, he traces the lasting power of particular expressions of suffering and sacrifice. How, Burton asks, does…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8014-4207-0
- EAN: 9780801442070
- Produktnummer: 1793172
- Verlag: Cornell University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H16.7 cm x B24.1 cm x D2.7 cm 632 g
- Abbildungen: 5 tables, 1 map
- Gewicht: 632
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
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