title: Common Threads: A Cultural History of Clothing in American Catholicism
author:  Sally Dwyer-McNulty 
description: Contributes not just to U.S. Catholic history but also to the cultural history of clothing more broadly.--<i>Journal of American History</i><br /><br /><br /><br />Dwyer-McNulty traces how religious dress evolved in America.--<i>Boston Globe</i><br /><br /><br /><br />[Dwyer-McNulty] has broken open a wealth of significance behind a highly visible aspect of the lived experience of U.S. Catholics.--<i>American Historical Review</i><br /><br /><br /><br />A compelling analysis of how the members of a subculture within American society have utilized appearance to negotiate their status.--<i>Journal of American Culture</i><br /><br /><br /><br />Catholic and American cultural studies at its best.--<i>Magistra: Journal of Women's Spirituality In History</i><br /><br /><br /><br />Recommended. All levels/libraries.--<i>Choice</i><br /><br />
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  COMMON THREADS
  A CULTURAL HISTORY
  OF CLOTHING IN
  AMERICAN CATHOLICISM
  SALLY DWYER- MCNULTY
  THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS
  Chapel Hill
  
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  of the Green Press Initiative since 2003.
  Portions of Chapter 3 appeared in somewhat diff erent form in
  Sara Dwyer- McNulty, “Hems to Hairdos: Cultural Discourse and Philadelphia Catholic
  High Schools in the 1920s, a Case Study,” Journal of American Studies 37, no. 2 (2003):
  179–200. © Cambridge University Press, reproduced with permission.
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