Visual habits : nuns and American postwar popular culture /

From The Nun's Story to The Flying Nun to The Singing Nun, nuns were a major presence in the mainstream media. Sullivan discusses these images in the context of the period's seemingly unlimited potential for social change.

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Main Author: Sullivan, Rebecca, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2005.
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