Brotherhood of Freemason Sisters - Gender, Secrecy, and Fraternity in Italian Masonic Lodges

Women - one of Freemasonry's best-kept secrets - are often upper class and highly educated but paradoxically antifeminist, and their self-cultivation through the Masonic path is an effort to embrace the deeply gendered ideals of fraternity. The author unravels this contradiction at the heart of Freemasonry.

About the author

Lilith Mahmud is assistant professor of women's studies and anthropology at the University of California, Irvine.

Summary

Women - one of Freemasonry's best-kept secrets - are often upper class and highly educated but paradoxically antifeminist, and their self-cultivation through the Masonic path is an effort to embrace the deeply gendered ideals of fraternity. The author unravels this contradiction at the heart of Freemasonry.

Product details

• Authors: Lilith Mahmud, Mahmud Lilith
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2014
• EAN: 9780226095721
• ISBN: 978-0-226-09572-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / Italy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Freemasonry & Secret Societies, Italy, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Freemasonry & secret societies, Secret societies, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls