Ghosts of futures past : spiritualism and the cultural politics of nineteenth-century America

Ghosts of futures past : spiritualism and the cultural politics of nineteenth-century America / Molly McGarry.

More than an occult parlour game, 19th century American Spiritualism was a new religion, which channeled the voices of the dead, linked present with past, and conjured new worldly and otherworldly futures. Tracing the persistence of magic in an emergent culture of secularism, McGarry looks at this p...

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Main Author: McGarry, Molly
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2008.
Series:A Simpson book in the humanities
Subjects:
1800-1899
Spiritualism > United States > History > 19th century.
Religion and culture > United States > History > 19th century.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spiritualism.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Religion
Religion and culture
Spiritualism
United States > Religion > 19th century.
United States
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:More than an occult parlour game, 19th century American Spiritualism was a new religion, which channeled the voices of the dead, linked present with past, and conjured new worldly and otherworldly futures. Tracing the persistence of magic in an emergent culture of secularism, McGarry looks at this part of American cultural history.
Item Description:"Simpson, imprint in humanities"--Preliminary page.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 269 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520934061
0520934067
9780520252608
0520252608
9786612359309
6612359307
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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