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.

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lilith Mahmud, Mahmud Lilith
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.03.2014
• EAN: 9780226095721
• ISBN: 978-0-226-09572-1
• Pagine: 256
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; 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