Book Launch: "The Brotherhood of Freemason Sisters: Gender, Secrecy, and Fraternity in Italian Masonic Lodges," Prof. Lilith Mahmud
Department: Gender and Sexuality Studies
Date and Time: May 7, 2014 | 5:30 PM-7:30 PMEvent Location: UCI Bookstore
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ABOUT THE BOOK:
From its traces in cryptic images on the dollar bill to Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol, Freemasonry has long been one of the most romanticized secret societies in the world. But a simple fact escapes most depictions of this elite brotherhood: There are women Freemasons, too. In this groundbreaking ethnography, Lilith Mahmud takes readers inside Masonic lodges in contemporary Italy, where she observes the many ritualistic and fraternal bonds forged among women initiates of this elite and esoteric society.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Lilith Mahmud is an assistant professor of Gender & Sexuality
Studies and Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine.