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I sing for I cannot be silent : the feminization of American hymnody, 1870-1920 /

Evangelical hymns constituted a cherished part of communal Christian life and served as an important and effective way to teach doctrine. These hymns - the focus of "I Sing for I Cannot Be Silent"--Served an additional social purpose in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hobbs, June Hadden, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1997.
Series:Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Words and women in the evangelical community
  • Hymns as the cultural property of nineteenth-century women
  • His religion and hers
  • Women's hymns as narrative models
  • The patriarchal backlash.