Beschreibung:
This book asks about the cultural and political meanings of spiritualism in the Nineteenth century United States. In order to re-assess both transatlantic spiritualism and the culture in which it emerged, Bennet locates spiritualism within a highly technologized transatlantic capitalist culture.
Innovative: This is the first book that focuses on the political meanings of Nineteenth century spiritualism through the construction of collective and cultural memory in relation to African, European, and Indian religious practices
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