02724nam 22006254a 450 991045009210332120200520144314.01-282-07145-997866120714540-253-11071-8(CKB)1000000000033487(EBL)238833(OCoLC)475949511(SSID)ssj0000164871(PQKBManifestationID)11153427(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164871(PQKBWorkID)10125670(PQKB)10743851(MiAaPQ)EBC238833(OCoLC)61519760(MdBmJHUP)muse16525(Au-PeEL)EBL238833(CaPaEBR)ebr10088450(CaONFJC)MIL207145(EXLCZ)99100000000003348720030320d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGraceful exits[electronic resource] Catholic women and the art of departure /Debra CampbellBloomington Indiana University Pressc20031 online resource (245 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-34316-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and index.I leap over the wall --Falling away or crossing over? --Be-ing is be/leaving --A nun forever --Coming home.The personal narratives of nine 20th-century Catholic female authors -- Monica Baldwin, Antonia White, Mary McCarthy, Mary Gordon, Mary Daly, Barbara Ferraro, Patricia Hussey, Karen Armstrong, and Patricia Hampl -- speak eloquently about the process of departure from the church and its institutions. This study explores each author's breaking of the taboo associated with women leaving their ""proper place."" It locates five themes at the heart of all of their narratives: reversal, boundary crossing, diaCatholic womenBiographyHistory and criticismEx-church membersCatholic ChurchBiographyHistory and criticismEx-nunsBiographyHistory and criticismElectronic books.Catholic womenBiographyHistory and criticism.Ex-church membersCatholic ChurchBiographyHistory and criticism.Ex-nunsBiographyHistory and criticism.282/.082Campbell Debra1953-875309MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450092103321Graceful exits1954258UNINA