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American feminism and the birth of New Age spirituality : searching for the higher self, 1875-1915 /
Based largely on research in popular journals, self-help manuals, newspaper accounts, and archival collections, American Feminism and the Birth of New Age Spirituality demonstrates that the New Age movement first flourished more than a century ago during the Gilded Age under the mantle of 'New...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2002]
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| Colección: | American intellectual culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Based largely on research in popular journals, self-help manuals, newspaper accounts, and archival collections, American Feminism and the Birth of New Age Spirituality demonstrates that the New Age movement first flourished more than a century ago during the Gilded Age under the mantle of 'New Thought'. Tumber pays close attention to the ways in which feminism became grafted, with varying degrees of success, to emergent forms of liberal culture in the late nineteenth century, and questions the value of the new age movement-then and now-to the pursuit of women's rights and democratic renewal. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 203 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780742599000 0742599000 |