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Tine Van Osselaer The pious sex
catholic constructions of masculinity and femininity in Belgium, c. 1800-1940
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...
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Engels | 272 pagina's (PDF, 8,1 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Gender and christianity in modern Europe
beyond the feminization thesis
Case studies upon the use of concepts like feminization and masculinization in relation to christianity. Since the 1970s the feminization thesis has become a powerful trope in the rewriting of the social history of Christendom. However, this 'thesis' has triggered some vehement debates, given that men have continued to dominate the churches, and the churches themselves have reacted to the association of religion and femininity, often formulated by their critics, by explicitly focusing their appeal...
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Engels | 240 pagina's (PDF, 15 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Dora, hysteria, gender
reconsidering Freud’s case study; a Sigmund Freud Museum's symposium
Freud's Dora case and contemporary debates on gender, sexuality and queer theory. 'Dora' is one the most important and interesting case studies Sigmund Freud conducted and later described. It constitutes a key text in his oeuvre and finds itself at the crossroads of his studies in hysteria, the theory of sexuality and dream interpretation. The Dora case is both a literary and theoretically ground-breaking text and an account of a 'failed' treatment. In Dora, Hysteria and Gender renowned Freud scholars...
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Engels | PDF, 0,9 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2018
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