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Marlene Tromp

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Description:Altered States examines the rise of Spiritualism--the religion of seances, 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 seance 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 seance 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Altered States: Sex, Nation, Drugs, and Self-Transformation in Victorian Spiritualism. To get started finding Altered States: Sex, Nation, Drugs, and Self-Transformation in Victorian Spiritualism, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Altered States examines the rise of Spiritualism--the religion of seances, 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 seance 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 seance 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Altered States: Sex, Nation, Drugs, and Self-Transformation in Victorian Spiritualism. To get started finding Altered States: Sex, Nation, Drugs, and Self-Transformation in Victorian Spiritualism, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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