Women and Mormonism : historical and contemporary perspectives / edited by Kate Holbrook and Matthew Bowman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Holbrook, Kate, editor.

Bowman, Matthew Burton, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Latter Day Saint women.

Physical Description:

ix, 354 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2016]

Summary:

How have women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints experienced and expressed their agency? From personal and intimate relationships with husbands and family to the female sphere of the Relief Society to the sometimes empowering and sometimes fraught relationship with the church's male priesthood leadership, this volume explores the diverse ways Mormon women-from the African American Jane Manning James to contemporary European Mormon women-have understood the relationship between their faith and their personal agency. This engaging and seminal volume draws on vivid primary documents, candid surveys, and illuminating oral histories to explore the perspectives of Latter-day Saint women. Contributors include lay members and prominent scholars in multiple disciplines, writing from both LDS and non-LDS viewpoints. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Historical Methodology Perspectives

1 Mormon Women and the Problem of Historical Agency / Catherine Brekus Brekus, Catherine 15

2 Remember Me: Inscriptions of Self in Nineteenth-century Mormonism / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher 42

3 Reexploring Mormon Women and Agency in the Context of Polygamy / Rachel Cope Cope, Rachel 56

4 Turning the Key: Understanding Mormon Women's Material Culture / Jennifer Reeder Reeder, Jennifer 68

5 "We Baked a Lot of Bread": Reconceptualizing Mormon Women and Ritual Objects / Kristine Wright Wright, Kristine 82

6 Women and Mormon Authority / Jonathan Stapley Stapley, Jonathan 101

Part II Historical Narrative Perspectives

7 Mormon Women's Agency and Changing Conceptions of the Mother in Heaven / Susanna Morrill Morrill, Susanna 121

8 Jane James's Agency / Quincy D. Newell Newell, Quincy D. 136

9 "A Rough Stone from Nature's Quarry": The Problem of Agency in the Nineteenth-century Pacific / Amanda Hendrix-Komoto Hendrix-Komoto, Amanda 149

10 "A Wider Sphere of Action": Women's Agency in 1870s Utah / Kate Holbrook Holbrook, Kate, Rebekah Ryan Clark Clark, Rebekah Ryan 165

11 "The Best Social Practice": Mormon Women and the Professionalization of Reform / Matthew Bowman Bowman, Matthew 183

Part III Contemporary Social Science Perspectives

12 LDS Women's Attitudes toward the Church: Satisfied with the Status Quo or Restless for Reform? / David E. Campbell Campbell, David E. 199

13 Mormon Women in Europe: A Look at Gender Norms / Carine Decoo-Vanwelkenhuysen Decoo-Vanwelkenhuysen, Carine 213

14 Culture and Agency in Mormon Women's Lives / Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye Inouye, Melissa Wei-Tsing 230

15 Mormon Women's Sexual Agency in Patriarchal Culture: Women Who Suffer and Women Who Thrive / Jennifer Finlayson-Fipe Finlayson-Fipe, Jennifer 247

Part IV Contemporary Personal Perspectives

16 Agency in the Lives of Contemporary LDS Women / Claudia Bushman Bushman, Claudia 263

17 My Book of Mormon Story / P. Jane Hafen Hafen, P. Jane 274

18 Filling the Page: Women's Choices in the Contest of Gospel Boundaries / Neylan McBaine McBaine, Neylan 288

19 Narrating Agency / Aimee Evans Hickman Hickman, Aimee Evans 301

20 Soul Sisters: Intersecting Paths in the Journeys of Mormon and Roman Catholic Feminists / Mary Farrell Bednarowski Bednarowski, Mary Farrell 312

21 A Mormon Woman's Journey in Sierra Leone / Mariama Kallon Kallon, Mariama, Riley M. Lorimer Lorimer, Riley M. 328.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781607814771 (

1607814773 (

OCLC:

929985398

Publisher Number:

99967900997