| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
The Oxford oral history series |
| Summary |
As a subculture, cloistered monastic nuns live hidden from public view by choice. Once a woman joins the cloister and makes final vows, she is almost never seen and her voice is not heard; her story is essentially nonexistent in the historical record and collective, public history. From interviews conducted over six years, Abbie Reese tells the stories of the Poor Clare Colettine Order, a cloistered contemplative order at the Corpus Christi Monastery in Rockford, Illinois. Seldom leaving their 25,000-square-foot gated enclosure, members of this community embrace an extreme version of poverty a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Corpus Christi Monastery (Rockford, Ill.)
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Poor Clares -- Spiritual life
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Poor Clares.
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| SUBJECT |
Corpus Christi Monastery (Rockford, Ill.) fast (OCoLC)fst01924607 |
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Poor Clares. fast (OCoLC)fst00520925 |
| Subject |
Monastic and religious life of women -- Illinois -- Rockford
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Colettines
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Colettines -- Biography
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Oral history -- Illinois -- Rockford
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Oral biography.
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Monastic and religious life of women.
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Oral biography.
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Oral history.
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Spiritual life.
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Illinois -- Rockford.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013026219 |
| ISBN |
1306114187 |
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9781306114189 |
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9780199947935 |
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0199947937 |
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