On the eve of the Civil War, Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu, a convent expos¿y a fraudulent "escaped nun" Maria Monk, captivated readers. The book served as a centerpiece for a larger campaign against convents, marked by riots, propaganda, and nativist politics, and reflected deep concerns regarding women, religious life, and the fate of the Republic.
On the eve of the Civil War, Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu, a convent expos¿y a fraudulent "escaped nun" Maria Monk, captivated readers. The book served as a centerpiece for a larger campaign against convents, marked by riots, propaganda, and nativist politics, and reflected deep concerns regarding women, religious life, and the fate of the Republic.
Cassandra L. Yacovazzi is a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Missouri. Her research focuses on American cultural, religious, and gender history in the nineteenth century.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction - The American Campaign against Convents * Chapter One - An Escaped Nun: Maria Monk and Her Awful Disclosures * Chapter Two - Burning Babylon: The Attack Against Mount Benedict and the Birth of the Convent Narrative * Chapter Three - Uncle Tom and Sister Maria: Womanhood in the Anti-Slavery and Anti-Convent Campaigns * Chapter Four - Textbook Popery: Convent Schools, the Feminization of Teaching, and the Nation's Children * Chapter Five - Hidden Dangers: Convent Cellars, City Haunts, and the Rise of Dark-Lantern Politics * Chapter Six - Awful Disclosures of Mormonism: Convents, Polygamy, and the Fear of Female Sexual Deviance * Chapter Seven - The Nunnery Sleuths: Convent Investigations and the Massachusetts Know Nothing Party * Epilogue - Solving a Problem like Maria: Imagining Sisters from Maria Monk to Nunsense
* Introduction - The American Campaign against Convents * Chapter One - An Escaped Nun: Maria Monk and Her Awful Disclosures * Chapter Two - Burning Babylon: The Attack Against Mount Benedict and the Birth of the Convent Narrative * Chapter Three - Uncle Tom and Sister Maria: Womanhood in the Anti-Slavery and Anti-Convent Campaigns * Chapter Four - Textbook Popery: Convent Schools, the Feminization of Teaching, and the Nation's Children * Chapter Five - Hidden Dangers: Convent Cellars, City Haunts, and the Rise of Dark-Lantern Politics * Chapter Six - Awful Disclosures of Mormonism: Convents, Polygamy, and the Fear of Female Sexual Deviance * Chapter Seven - The Nunnery Sleuths: Convent Investigations and the Massachusetts Know Nothing Party * Epilogue - Solving a Problem like Maria: Imagining Sisters from Maria Monk to Nunsense
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