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The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Victorian England
Alex Owen
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Description for The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Victorian England
Paperback. 'The Darkened Room' looks at the central role played by women as healers, mediums, and believers in the golden age of spiritualism in the late Victorian period. In so doing she provides new insights into the gender dynamics of Victorian society. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; HRQM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 168 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
A highly original study that examines the central role played by women as mediums, healers, and believers during the golden age of spiritualism in the late Victorian era, The Darkened Room is more than a meditation on women mediums—it's an exploration of the era's gender relations.
The hugely popular spiritualist movement, which maintained that women were uniquely qualified to commune with spirits of the dead, offered female mediums a new independence, authority, and potential to undermine conventional class and gender relations in the home and in society.
Using previously unexamined sources and an innovative approach, Alex Owen invokes ... Read more
A highly original study that examines the central role played by women as mediums, healers, and believers during the golden age of spiritualism in the late Victorian era, The Darkened Room is more than a meditation on women mediums—it's an exploration of the era's gender relations.
The hugely popular spiritualist movement, which maintained that women were uniquely qualified to commune with spirits of the dead, offered female mediums a new independence, authority, and potential to undermine conventional class and gender relations in the home and in society.
Using previously unexamined sources and an innovative approach, Alex Owen invokes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226642055
SKU
V9780226642055
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99-50
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