02664nam 22006134a 450 991081973150332120200520144314.01-282-07145-997866120714540-253-11071-8(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 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 criticismCatholic womenBiographyHistory and criticism.Ex-church membersCatholic ChurchBiographyHistory and criticism.Ex-nunsBiographyHistory and criticism.282/.082Campbell Debra1953-1666972MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819731503321Graceful exits4026539UNINA