Inhabiting silence: an anthropologist in the cloister
Auteur :
Sbardella, Francesca
Éditeur :
Berghahn Books
ISBN :
9781836951223
Date de publication :
1 oct. 2025
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Library binding
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This volume is the result of observant participation in which the ethnographer is a protagonist social actor in two French monasteries of Discalced Carmelite nuns. The author experiences and narrates details of their everyday life that usually remain unseen but contribute to shaping community-building processes and, at the same time, construe the religious woman.