Considers the role of Spiritualism in Victorian culture.
Altered States examines the rise of Spiritualism-the religion of séances, mediums, and ghostly encounters-in the Victorian period and the role it played in undermining both traditional female roles and the rhetoric of imperialism. Focusing on a particular kind of séance event-the full-form materialization-and the bodies of the young, female mediums who performed it, Marlene Tromp argues that in the altered state of the séance new ways of understanding identity and relationships became possible.
This not only demonstrably shaped the thinking of the Spiritualists, but also the popular consciousness of the period. In diaries, letters, newspaper accounts, scientific reports, and popular fiction, Tromp uncovers evidence that the radical views presented in the faith permeated and influenced mainstream Victorian thought.
| ISBN: | 9780791467404 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2007 |
| Author: | Marlene Tromp |
| Publisher: | SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 233 pages |
| Series: | SUNY Series. |
| Genres: |
Gender studies: women and girls General and world history Literature: history and criticism |
Considers the role of Spiritualism in Victorian culture.Altered States examines the rise of Spiritualism-the religion of séances, mediums, and ghostly encounters-in the Victorian period and the role it played in undermining both traditional female roles and the rhetoric of imperialism. Focusing on a particular kind of séance event-the full-form materialization-and the bodies of the young, female mediums who performed it, Marlene Tromp argues that in the altered state of the séance new ways of understanding identity and relationships became possible.
Altered States features in the following genres: Gender studies: women and girls, General and world history, Literature: history and criticism
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Altered States was written by Marlene Tromp and published by SUNY Press an imprint of State University of New York Press
Altered States has 233 pages
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