Mennonite women in Canada: a history
Marlene Epp explores women's roles, as prescribed and as lived, within the contexts of immigration and settlement, household and family, church and organizational life, work and education, and in response to social trends and events. She questions how Mennonites dictate women's "place...
| Published in: | Studies in immigration and culture |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Winnipeg
University of Manitoba Press
2008
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| In: |
Studies in immigration and culture (2)
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| Series/Journal: | Studies in immigration and culture
2 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Canada
/ Mennonite woman
/ History
B Canada / Woman / Mennonites |
| Further subjects: | B
Mennonite women (Canada)
History
B Femmes mennonites (Canada) Conditions sociales B Mennonite women (Canada) Social conditions B Femmes mennonites (Canada) Histoire |
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| Summary: | Marlene Epp explores women's roles, as prescribed and as lived, within the contexts of immigration and settlement, household and family, church and organizational life, work and education, and in response to social trends and events. She questions how Mennonites dictate women's "place" within the church, family, and community, and how women, collectively and individually, actually behave. Epp found that in virtually all aspects of women's lives, there exists a contradiction between behavioural ideals and practicalities. She also found that their responses to dictates about their proper place ranged from acceptance to rebellion, and almost always unsettled a clear delineation of their roles." "Using diaries, oral histories, church histories, genealogies, and memoirs, Epp has painstakingly pieced together a rich and fascinating story of Canadian Mennonite women that deserves to be read by women and men everywhere. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. [337] - 365 |
| ISBN: | 0887557066 |