Pub Date: January 1, 2014
Dewey: 267.44
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Illustrated
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.61" H x 8.50" L x 5.50" W ( 0.75 lbs) 283 pages
BISAC Categories:
History | Europe | Italy | Modern | 20th Century General | Social History | Religion | Religion Politics and State | Social Science | Gender Studies | Institutions and Organizations | Sexuality and Gender Studies | Sociology of Religion
Description: In the early 1900s the Catholic Church appealed, for the first time in its history, directly to women to reassert its religious, political and social relevance in Italian society. This book examines how the highly successful conservative Catholic women's movements that followed, and how they mobilized women against secular feminism.