American Patroness

Author : Katherine Dugan,Karen E. Park
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781531504892

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American Patroness by Katherine Dugan,Karen E. Park Pdf

A vital collection of interdisciplinary essays that illuminates the significance of Marian shrines and promises to teach scholars how to “read” them for decades to come. American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism is a collection of twelve essays that examine the historical and contemporary roles of Marian shrines in US Catholicism. The essays in this collection use historical, ethnographic, and comparative methods to explore how Catholics have used Marian devotion to make an imprint on the physical and religious landscape of the United States. Using the dynamic malleability of Marian shrines as a starting place for studying US Catholicism, each chapter reconsiders the American religious landscape from the perspective of a single shrine to Mary and asks: What does this shrine reveal about US Catholicism and about American religion? Each of the contributors in American Patroness examines why and how Marian shrines persist in the twenty-first century and subsequently uses that examination to re-read contemporary US Catholicism. Because shrines are not neutral spaces—they reflect and shape the elastic yet strict boundaries of what counts as Catholic identity, and who controls prayer practices—the studies in this collection also shed light on the contested dynamics of these holy sites. American Patroness demonstrates that Marian shrines continue to be places where an American Catholic identity is continuously worked on, negotiations about power occur, and Marian relationships are fostered and nurtured in spaces that are simultaneously public and intimate.

Author : Katherine Dugan,Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies Karen E Park,Karen E. Park
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1531504876

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American Patroness by Katherine Dugan,Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies Karen E Park,Karen E. Park Pdf

A vital collection of interdisciplinary essays that illuminates the significance of Marian shrines and promises to teach scholars how to "read" them for decades to come. American Patroness: Marian Shrines and the Making of US Catholicism is a collection of twelve essays that examines the historical and contemporary roles of Marian shrines in US Catholicism. The essays in this collection use historical, ethnographic, and comparative methods to explore how Catholics have used Marian devotion to make an imprint on the physical and religious landscape of the US. Using the dynamic malleability of Marian shrines as a starting place for studying US Catholicism, each chapter reconsiders the American religious landscape from the perspective of a single shrine to Mary and asks: what does this shrine reveal about US Catholicism and about American religion? Each of the contributors in American Patroness examines why and how Marian shrines persist in the twenty-first century, and subsequently uses that examination to re-read contemporary US Catholicism. Because shrines are not neutral spaces--they reflect and shape the elastic yet strict boundaries of what counts as Catholic identity, and who controls prayer practices--the studies in this collection also shed light on the contested dynamics of these holy sites. American Patroness demonstrates that Marian shrines continue to be places where an American Catholic identity is continuously worked on, negotiations about power occur, and Marian relationships are fostered and nurtured in spaces that are simultaneously public and intimate.

Author : Thomas A. Tweed
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780199831487

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America's Church by Thomas A. Tweed Pdf

The National Shrine in Washington, DC has been deeply loved, blithely ignored, and passionately criticized. It has been praised as a "dazzling jewel" and dismissed as a "towering Byzantine beach ball." In this intriguing and inventive book, Thomas Tweed shows that the Shrine is also an illuminating site from which to tell the story of twentieth-century Catholicism. He organizes his narrative around six themes that characterize U.S. Catholicism, and he ties these themes to the Shrine's material culture--to images, artifacts, or devotional spaces. Thus he begins with the Basilica's foundation stone, weaving it into a discussion of "brick and mortar" Catholicism, the drive to build institutions. To highlight the Church's inclination to appeal to women, he looks at fund-raising for the Mary Memorial Altar, and he focuses on the Filipino oratory to Our Lady of Antipolo to illustrate the Church's outreach to immigrants. Throughout, he employs painstaking detective work to shine a light on the many facets of American Catholicism reflected in the shrine.

Author : Harold Bloom
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : American fiction
ISBN : 9781438114897

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American Fiction Between the Wars by Harold Bloom Pdf

America in the 1920s and '30s saw the emergence of some of the best known writers of the modern generation: John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner.

Author : Miguel A. De La Torre
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 945 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781598841404

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Hispanic American Religious Cultures [2 volumes] by Miguel A. De La Torre Pdf

This encyclopedia is the first comprehensive survey of Hispanic American religiosity, contextualizing the roles of Latino and Latina Americans within U.S. religious culture. Spanning two volumes, Hispanic American Religious Cultures encompasses the full diversity of faiths and spiritual beliefs practiced among Hispanic Americans. It is the first comprehensive work to provide historic contexts for the many religious identities expressed among Hispanic Americans. The entries of this encyclopedia cover a range of spiritual affiliations, including Christian religious expressions, world faiths, and indigenous practices. Coverage includes historical development, current practices, and key individuals, while additional essays look at issues across various traditions. By examining the distinctive Hispanic interpretations of religious traditions, Hispanic American Religious Cultures explores the history of Latino and Latina Americans and the impact of living in the United States on their culture.

Author : Herman Joseph Heuser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1936
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015075063654

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American Ecclesiastical Review by Herman Joseph Heuser Pdf

Author : Nicholas K. Rademacher,Sandra Yocum
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781531506605

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Recovering Their Stories by Nicholas K. Rademacher,Sandra Yocum Pdf

Celebrating the diverse contributions of Catholic lay women in 20th century America Recovering Their Stories focuses on the many contributions made by Catholic lay women in the 20th century in their faith communities across different regions of the United States. Each essay explores the lives and contributions of Catholic lay women across diverse racial, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds, addressing themes related to these women’s creative agency in their spirituality and devotional practices, their commitment to racial and economic justice, and their leadership and authority in sacred and public spaces Taken together, this volume brings together scholars working in what otherwise may be discreet areas of academic study to look for patterns, areas of convergence and areas of divergence, in order to present in one place the depth and breadth of Catholic lay women’s experience and contributions to church, culture, and society in the United States. Telling these stories together provides a valuable resource for scholars in a number of disciplines, including American Catholic Studies, American Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Feminist Studies, and US History. Additionally, scholars in the areas of Latinx studies, Black Studies, Liturgical Studies, and application of Catholic social teaching will find the book to be a valuable resource with respect to articles on specific topics.

Author : Paul Spicer
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780719831584

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Sir Arthur Bliss by Paul Spicer Pdf

Arthur Bliss (1891–1975) was one of the most important British musicians of his age. Born into a family where music played a highly significant role, his talent emerged early. He served with distinction in the Great War, in which he was both injured and gassed. After the War he set the musical world alight with ultra-modern works, earning himself the soubriquet enfant terrible and leading to his first major work, the Colour Symphony. His dual American/British birthright led to a close connection with the USA and marriage to an American girl, Trudy Hoffman, who would be a mainstay of his life. Before long he became the most performed British composer abroad and his portfolio of works included ballet, film (H.G. Wells's Things to Come remains one of the finest film scores), opera, orchestral, chamber, choral works and song. He was a diplomat, a skill that was recognized in many appointments from the Government to travel using music as soft power, notably to Russia in 1956. He served as Director of Music at the BBC from 1942–4, was knighted and soon after appointed Master of the Queen's Music. Bliss was a private figure who stated that the only way to get to know him was through his music. Paul Spicer takes this as his starting point for this pioneering biography, which underlines the timely importance of a complete reappraisal of this important composer's music.

Author : D. H. Lawrence
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521777992

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The Selected Letters of D. H. Lawrence by D. H. Lawrence Pdf

An authoritative selection of letters by one of the great English letter-writers, first published in 1997, is also available in paperback.

Author : Eric Walter White
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Music
ISBN : 0520048946

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Benjamin Britten, His Life and Operas by Eric Walter White Pdf

This new edition has been thoroughly revised and edited by John Evans (research scholar to the Britten Estate) who has updated the chronological list of published works and included in the bibliography the many books that have been written about the composer since his death in 1976. Although, as the title suggests, this book concentrates on Britten's operatic output, Mr White's account offers insights into the whole range of this prodigious composer's music. The text is lavishly illustrated with plates that reveal both the diversity of his operatic development and comprise a distinctive pictorial bibliography.

Author : Maxine Weisgrau,Carol Henderson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317071617

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Raj Rhapsodies: Tourism, Heritage and the Seduction of History by Maxine Weisgrau,Carol Henderson Pdf

Heritage is a prized cultural commodity in the marketing of tourism destinations. Particular aspects of heritage are often more actively promoted, with others played down. The representation of heritage in tourism as static and timeless, derived since time immemorial from a distant past, is seductive. In Asia, a major part of the tourism market lies in the sale and consumption of highly orientalized images and versions of culture and history. In India’s marketing discourse, the state of Rajasthan symbolizes the nation in its heritage-laden, traditional and most authentic form. These images draw heavily on the British period in India - the Raj. In one sense, this vision of Rajasthan is ennobling, highlighting moments of cultural pride. In another sense, it demeans, by omitting and obscuring salient features of contemporary life. This fascinating book explores the cultural politics of tourism through interdisciplinary perspectives. Carol E. Henderson and Maxine Weisgrau demonstrate that tourism heritage privileges elite histories that recapitulate colonial relationships, compelling non-elites to collude in these narratives of subordination even as they advance their own alternative visions of history.

Author : Benjamin Britten
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780571265923

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Letters from a Life Vol 2: 1939-45 by Benjamin Britten Pdf

In May 1939 Britten and Pears disembarked at Montreal at the start of their American visit, which was to be a period of intense musical activity and new personal relationships. At the same time, the relationship between Britten and Pears deepened into a partnership that was to endure for almost forty years.Their absence from England during the first years of the war led to sharp public comment and controversy, much of it documented here. On their return from America in 1942, hostility to their pacifist convictions and to their homosexuality resurfaced. Prejudice and subterfuge even affected the première of Peter Grimes in 1945, although it could not prevent the opera from being an unprecedented success.The letters in this second volume from the years 1939 to 1945 are among the most fascinating of the correspondence, and - supplemented by the editors' detailed commentary and by exhaustive contemporary documentation - offer a unique insight into American history, politics and culture during the Second World War.

Author : Anthony Slide
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781136572159

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Lost Gay Novels by Anthony Slide Pdf

Searching for an introduction to the shadowy, intriguing world of early 20th century gay-themed fiction? In Lost Gay Novels, respected pop culture historian Anthony Slide resurrects fifty early 20th century American novels with gay themes or characters and discusses them in carefully researched, engaging prose. Each entry offers you a detailed discussion of plot and characters, a summary of contemporary critical reception, and biographical information on the often-obscure writer. In Lost Gay Novels, another aspect of gay life and society is, in the words the author, “uncloseted,” providing you with an absorbing glimpse into the world of these nearly forgotten books. Lost Gay Novels gives you an introduction to: authors who aren't usually associated with homosexuality, including John Buchan, James M. Cain, and Rex Stout the history of gay publishing in the US and abroad gay themes in novels published between 1917 and 1950—with entries from nearly every year! the ways in which the popular culture of the time shaped the authors' attitudes toward homosexuality the difficulty of finding detailed biographical information on little-known authors If you're interested in gay studies or history, or even if you're just looking for a comprehensive guide to titles you've probably never heard of before, Lost Gay Novels will be a welcome addition to your collection. The introduction from author Slide—called by the Los Angeles Times “a one-man publishing phenomenon”—provides you with an overview to the basics of this landmark collection. Themes found in many of the titles include death, secrecy, and living a double life, and in reading the entries you will discover just why these themes are so common. As Slide says in his introduction: “The approach of the novelist toward homosexuality may not always be a positive one… but the works are important to an understanding of contemporary attitudes toward gay men and gay society.” Lost Gay Novels will help you further your own understanding of the dynamic relationship between literature and culture, and you will finish the book with a greater appreciation of modern American gay fiction.

Author : Herman Joseph Heuser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1949-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015075063753

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The American Ecclesiastical Review by Herman Joseph Heuser Pdf

Author : D. H. Lawrence
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0521007119

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Kangaroo by D. H. Lawrence Pdf

A critical edition of Kangaroo, D. H. Lawrence's eighth novel, set in Australia.