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Ghosts of futures past : spiritualism and the cultural politics of nineteenth-century America

Author
McGarry, Molly.
Title
Ghosts of futures past : spiritualism and the cultural politics of nineteenth-century America / Molly McGarry.
Format
Book
Published
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.
Description
xiii, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
URL
<Table of contents only> http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0727/2007037340.html
Notes
"Simpson, imprint in humanities"--P. facing t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-260) and index.
Contents
  • Mourning, media, and the cultural politics of conjuring the dead
  • Indian guides : haunted subjects and the politics of vanishing
  • Spectral sexualities : free love, moral panic, and the making of U.S. obscenity law
  • Mediomania : the spirit of science in a culture of belief and doubt
  • Secular subjects : a queer genealogy of untimely sexualities.
Kinsey subjects
Religion--United States--19th century.
ISBN
9780520252608 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520252608 (cloth : alk. paper)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
218 M38 g4 2008
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute