Discipline, Resistance, Solace and the Body
Catholic Women Religious' Convent Experiences from the Late 1930s to the Late 1960s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4902879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Gervais (0000-0001-5695-9358, University of Ottawa, corresponding author), Amanda Watson (0000-0002-9058-3435, University of Ottawa) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 277-303 |
| Publication date | 2014-03-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel5010277 |
| OpenAlex | W2057565061 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 10 |
This paper examines the corporal forms of discipline and techniques of resistance exercised through and by Catholic women religious (sisters/nuns) in Ontario, Canada. Borrowing from Foucault's conception of controlled activity as a technique for disciplining the body, as well as Cvetkovich's notion of repetitive activity as imbued with possibility for knowledge and hope, this paper demonstrates how Catholic women religious, due to their unique position as both leaders and subjects of the institutional church, have been agents of, and subjected to particular forms of disciplinary ritual, both in the Church and in their lived religion. Drawing on the experiential accounts of thirty-two current and former women religious in Canada, the paper demonstrates more or less overt forms of embodied, ritualistic discipline and the extent to which women have resisted this disciplinary power both in convent life and in their later years. The paper sheds light on how women's perception of discipline is related to disobedience and compliance, nuancing the well-known "old norms" of convent life before the Second Vatican Council
Aesthetics · Art · Discipline · Embodied cognition · Religious life · Social science · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Religious studies · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |