Each Mind a Kingdom: American Women, Sexual Purity, & the New Thought Movement: 1875-1920

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Year: 1999
Pages: 382
Binding Paperback
ISBN 520229274

Product Code: 756775159

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Beryl Satter (au). Ambitious, engaging & beautifully written, this study of late 19th-century American women’s psychological & intellectual relationship to progressive social movements & quasi-religious self-improvement cults is a groundbreaking investigation that overturns established paradigms in which women are buffeted by history rather than agents of it. Prof. Beryl Satter maps the evolution of mind cure & its internecine rivalries with great detail; she provides a sophisticated critical reading of the New Thought novels that elucidates female ambivalence with respect to love, desire, service, & selfhood; & she consistently interprets developments within New Thought theology in terms of a rich historical context. B&W photos.

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