Trance speakers : femininity and authorship in spiritual séances, 1850-1930 /

"Trance Speakers explores the religious and creative practices of trance among female mediums from 1850 to the 1930s. Acknowledging mediumship's popularity among women, it argues that trance speaking participated in the growth of feminist perspectives by providing women with a disguised me...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Massicotte, Claudie, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2017].
Temas:
1800-1999
Seances > Canada > History > 19th century.
Seances > Canada > History > 20th century.
Trance > Canada > History > 19th century.
Trance > Canada > History > 20th century.
Women mediums > Canada > History > 19th century.
Women mediums > Canada > History > 20th century.
Feminism > Canada > History > 19th century.
Feminism > Canada > History > 20th century.
Séances de spiritisme > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Séances de spiritisme > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Transe > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Transe > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes médiums > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes médiums > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Féminisme > Canada > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Féminisme > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Parapsychology > General.
DRAMA > General.
Feminism
Seances
Trance
Women mediums
Frau
Spiritismus
Canada
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Historical context : séances and mediumship in Canada
  • Framework : interpreting mediums' discourses as unconscious communications
  • Healing : mediums and medicine
  • Writing : mediums and literary creativity
  • Speaking : mediums in the public sphere
  • Performing : mediums, science, and the speaking body
  • Conclusion : the legacies of spiritual communications
  • Afterword : the afterlife of Canada's ghost.

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