Holy Tears, Holy Blood: Women, Catholicism, and the Culture of Suffering in France, 1840-1970 From his focus in Blood in the City on public demonstrations of the cultural power of Catholicism, he now turns to more private rituals, those codes of conduct that shaped the interior lives of French Catholic women and determined their ar
| TITLE | : | Holy Tears, Holy Blood: Women, Catholicism, and the Culture of Suffering in France, 1840-1970 |
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| RATING | : | 4.72 (512 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0801442079 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 320 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2004-03-31 |
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In Holy Tears, Holy Blood, Richard D. E. Burton continues his investigation of Catholic France from Revolution to Liberation. From his focus in Blood in the City on public demonstrations of the cultural power of Catholicism, he now turns to more private rituals, those codes of conduct that shaped the interior lives of French Catholic women and determined their artistic and social presentation. "Here there is rather less blood, and considerably more weeping," Burton says. In portraits of eleven women, including Simone Weil and Sainte Thèrése, he traces the lasting power of particular expressions of suffering and sacrifice. How, Burton asks, does a rapidly modernizing society accommodate the cultural-historical legacy of religious belief, in particular the extreme conservative beliefs of ultramontane Catholicism? Burton pays particular attention to the doctrine of "vicarious
EDITORIAL :
"The doctrine of mystical substitution, sometimes known as vicarious suffering, calls upon innocent believers to endure hunger, poverty, sickness, and even stigmata in order to redeem a corrupt world. Richard D. E. Burton's provoking book demonstrates the extent to which the doctrine permeated French Catholic discourse and religious practice during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as radical Catholics sought to redeem France from secular republicanism."Sarah Howard, Times Literary Supplement, October 15, 2004
"Burton continues the examination of nineteenth-century French Catholicism he began in Blood in the City. As in his previous work, he boldly uses 'secular suffering,' from sadomasochistic pornography to the Tour de France to the fate of the alleged 'horizontal collaborators' of WWII, as a comparative model. As with all such books, this one invites debate and
REVIEW :
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