At Home in Nature : Modern Homesteading and Spiritual Practice in America /

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Motivated variously by the desire to reject consumerism, to live closer to the earth, to embrace voluntary simplicity, or to discover a more spiritual path, homesteaders have made the radical decision to go "back to the land," rejecting modern culture and amenities to live self-sufficientl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gould, Rebecca Kneale, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Spirituality
Nature > Religious aspects
Nature and civilization
Country life > Religious aspects
Country life
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Nature et civilisation > États-Unis.
Spiritualite > États-Unis.
Nature > Aspect religieux.
Nature and civilization > United States.
Country life > United States.
Spirituality > United States.
Nature > Religious aspects.
Country life > Religious aspects.
United States
United States > Religious life and customs.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Homesteading Time Line; Introduction; 1. Conversion; 2. Getting (Not Too) Close to Nature; 3. Homemade Ritual; Interlude: Interpreting Ambivalence: Homesteading as Spiritual and Cultural Work; 4. The Reenchantment of the Farm: John Burroughs Goes Back to the Land; 5. Scott Nearing and the Social Gospel of Agriculture; 6. Ambivalent Legacies I: The Dynamics of Engagement and Retreat; 7. Ambivalent Legacies II: Gender, Class, Nature, and Religion; Appendix: Of Hoes and Huckleberries: A Note on Method; Notes; Selected Bibliography.

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