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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Troy, Kathryn
Titre(s) : The specter of the Indian [Texte imprimé] : race, gender, and ghosts in American séances, 1848-1890 / Kathryn Troy
Publication : Albany (N.Y.) : State University of New York press, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xxx-202 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 153-197. Index
The Specter of the Indian unveils the centrality of Native American spirit guides
during the emergent years of American Spiritualism. By pulling together cultural and
political history; the studies of religion, race, and gender; and the ghostly, Kathryn
Troy offers a new layer of understanding to the prevalence of mystically styled Indians
in American visual and popular culture. The connections between Spiritualist print
and contemporary Indian policy provide fresh insight into the racial dimensions of
social reform among nineteenth-century Spiritualists. Troy draws fascinating parallels
between the contested belief of Indians as fading from the world, claims of returned
apparitions, and the social impetus to provide American Indians with a means of existence
in white America. Rather than vanishing from national sight and memory, Indians and
their ghosts are shown to be ever present. This book transports the readers into dimly
lit parlor rooms and darkened cabinets and lavishes them with detailed séance accounts
in the words of those who witnessed them. Scrutinizing the otherworldly whisperings
heard therein highlights the voices of mediums and those they sought to channel, allowing
the author to dig deep into Spiritualist belief and practice. The influential presence
of Indian ghosts is made clear and undeniable
Sujet(s) : Indiens d'Amérique -- Amérique du Nord -- Religion
Spiritualité -- 19e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781438466095. - ISBN 1438466099. - ISBN 9781438466101 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb453696133
Notice n° :
FRBNF45369613
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; Uncanny Indians ; Chief spirit : the appearance of Black Hawk as
case study ; Spirit council : the mission of dead chiefs ; Spectral romance : sympathy
for the Indian maidens ; Race and reform among spiritualists ; Conclusion.
