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Zusatztext Reese's narrative, based on six years of meticulous interviews, allows us to hear cloistered nuns' own voices and see their (interior and exterior) lives in all of their complexity. Reese explores the Poor Clare Colettines' resolve not to be 'erased from the landscape' but instead to serve as the 'agents of change' that they are. This is a new and fresh view of the cloistered life, a welcome contribution to the growing body of literature on the lives of women religious. Informationen zum Autor Abbie Reese is an independent scholar and interdisciplinary artist who utilizes oral history and ethnographic methodologies to explore individual and cultural identity. She received an MFA in visual arts from the University of Chicago and was a fellow at the Columbia University Oral History Research Office Summer Institute. Her multimedia exhibit, Erased from the Landscape: The Hidden Lives of Cloistered Nuns, has been shown in galleries and museums and she has presented her work at academic conferences internationally. Klappentext As a subculture, cloistered monastic nuns live hidden from public view by choice. Once a woman joins the cloister and makes final vows, she is almost never seen and her voice is not heard; her story is essentially nonexistent in the historical record and collective, public history. Zusammenfassung For almost six years, Abbie Reese worked intimately with members of a community of cloistered monastic nuns in Rockford, Illinois. Dedicated to God tells their stories, based on a series of oral history interviews of the Poor Clare Colettine Order. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction PART I: THE CALL In Her Own Words: Sister Mary Monica Chapter 1: Community Life In Her Own Words: Sister Maria Deo Gratias Chapter 2: The Claustrophobic Nun In Her Own Words: Sister Mary Michael PART II: THE LIFE Chapter 3: Monastic Living in a Throwaway Culture In Her Own Words: Sister Mary Joseph Chapter 4: Little House, Big Heart In Her Own Words: Sister Mary Clara Chapter 5: Responsibility for the World In Her Own Words: Sister Joan Marie Chapter 6: The Suffering Servants In Her Own Words: Anonymous PART III: THE THREATS Chapter 7: Idealism and Reality In Her Own Words: Sister Ann Marie Chapter 8: Erased from the Landscape ...
