Ghosts of Futures Past: Spiritualism and the Cultural Politics of Nineteenth-Century America

Each topic has long been assumed to say something important about the other, and the result of so many writers focusing so intently for so long has been an increasingly rich bird's eye view, not only of a distinctive American religious practice but also of the shifting practices of gender and r...

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Published in:The Journal of American history (Bloomington, Ind.) Ind.), 2009, Vol.96 (1), p.214-215
Main Author: Cox, Robert S.
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
American history
Culture
Medicine
Nonfiction
Politics
Religion
Spirituality
Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)
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Summary:Each topic has long been assumed to say something important about the other, and the result of so many writers focusing so intently for so long has been an increasingly rich bird's eye view, not only of a distinctive American religious practice but also of the shifting practices of gender and race, and of popular perceptions of science and medicine. Spirit communion, she says, allowed participants to "create a religious and social movement based on a reimagining of the corporeal," a movement in which women literally took center stage and spoke on more than just spiritual matters (p. 49).
ISSN:0021-8723
1936-0967
1945-2314
DOI:10.2307/27694783