| Some Wild Visions: Autobiographies by Female Itinerant Evangelists in Nineteenth-Century America Contributor(s): Grammer, Elizabeth Elkin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195139615 ISBN-13: 9780195139617 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $113.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: This book is a study of seven autobiographies by women who defied the domestic ideology of nineteenth-century America by serving as itinerant preachers. Literally and culturally homeless, all of them used their autobiographies to construct, from an array of materials, plausible identities as women and Christians in an age that found them hard to understand. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Religion | Christianity - History - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002022038 |
| Lexile Measure: 1470 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.36" W x 9.7" (1.09 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a study of seven autobiographies by women who defied the domestic ideology of nineteenth-century America by serving as itinerant preachers. Literally and culturally homeless, all of them used their autobiographies to construct, from an array of materials, plausible identities as women and Christians in an age that found them hard to understand. |