Rational Amusement and Sound Instruction
Constructing the True Catholic Woman in theAve Maria, 1865-1889
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4517456 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Penny Edgell Becker (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-90 |
| Publication date | 1998-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion and American Culture A Journal of Interpretation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1052-1151 • E-ISSN: 1533-8568 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rac.1998.8.1.03a00030 |
| OpenAlex | W4234666693 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 25 |
This article explores the relationship between gender ideology and popular culture in one particular time and place-a Catholic family magazine called theAve Mariaduring the latter part of the nineteenth Century. This case study yields an interpretive sociological account of how women were portrayed in this magazine, an account that sheds light on our understanding of the construction and negotiation of religious ideologies. When I speak of "ideology," I refer to highly articulated and explicit meaning Systems that construct and regulate patterns of conduct. "Official ideologies" are endorsed and promoted by organizational officials and/or community elites.A systematic examination ofAve Mariafrom 1865 to 1889 reveals that two-thirds of the articles reproduce some version of the official ideology of the True Catholic Woman. On the other hand, about one-third of the articles produce what I call "alternative interpretations"-"alternative" because they are critical of the limits that the official versions placed on women's character, activity, or autonomy
Amusement · Autonomy · Epistemology · Ideology · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · American History and Culture · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
Cultivating differences
Womanhood in America
Adventure, Mystery, and Romance
The Christian Home in Victorian America, 1840-1900
Frontiers of Catholicism
Erin's Daughters in America
The Bonds of Womanhood
The Clubwoman as Feminist
Beyond Separate Spheres
A History of American Magazines, 1850-1865
Sister's Choice
To Kiss the Chastening Rod
Culture and agency
Culture in Action
The Writing on the Mud Wall
Authoritarian Fictions
Ideology and Modern Culture. Critical Social Theory in the Era of Mass Communication
Toward a Theory of Ideological Change
The Madonna of 115th Street
The Frontiers of Catholicism
The American Catholic Experience
A Theory of Structure
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |