Umfang:
242 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9782503601939
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2503601936
Serie:
Performing the past volume 1
Inhalt:
In the eighteenth through the early twentieth century, French nuns from various orders created miniature simulacra of the cells in which they slept, studied, and performed their devotions. Each diorama contains an effigy of the nun, a prie-Dieu, devotional objects such as a crucifix, handiwork, and artifacts to foster study and contemplation. This book examines the lives of the brides of Christ as depicted in these dioramas, proposing that the material objects found in the chambers trace the contours of the collective and individual identities of the nuns who created these cells. Viewed as a type of memoir, the cells furnish the sisters a stage upon which to rehearse the meaning of their lives. The dioramas create a tension between the private and public presentations of the self, between verisimilitude and self-fashioning, and between reality and representation. The book contextualizes the miniature cells within the larger discourse of gender, identity, self-representation, monastic devotion, and the power wielded by the aesthetics of scale.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9782503601946
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 9782503601946
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Sadler, Donna L. The Nun's Cell As Mirror, Memoir, and Metaphor in Convent Life Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols Publishers, 2023 ISBN 9782503601946
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Theologie/Religionswissenschaften
Schlagwort(e):
Association trésors de ferveur
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Sammlung
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Frankreich
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Frauenkloster
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Puppenhaus
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Modellbau
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Klosterzelle
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Geschichte 1800-1920
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Diorama
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Devotionalie
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