Victorian women and the theatre of trance : mediums, spiritualists and mesmerists in performance /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lehman, Amy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2009]
Subjects:

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a22000004a 4500
001 in00002528143
005 20151113120838.0
008 090630s2009 ncu b 001 0 eng
010 |a  2009026561 
020 |a 9780786434794 (softcover : alk. paper) 
020 |a 0786434791 (softcover : alk. paper) 
035 |a (OCoLC)ocn424454763 
035 |a (OCoLC)424454763 
040 |a DLC  |c DLC  |d C#P  |d UtOrBLW 
043 |a n-us---  |a e-uk--- 
049 |a TXAM 
050 0 0 |a BF1275.W65  |b L45 2009 
082 0 0 |a 793.8  |2 22 
100 1 |a Lehman, Amy. 
245 1 0 |a Victorian women and the theatre of trance :  |b mediums, spiritualists and mesmerists in performance /  |c Amy Lehman. 
264 1 |a Jefferson, N.C. :  |b McFarland & Co.,  |c [2009] 
264 4 |c ©2009 
300 |a ix, 202 pages ;  |c 23 cm. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Victorian theatre and theatricality in Victorian culture -- The Victorian woman as actress and the roles she played -- Mesmer and Charcot : the trance performance as medical show -- The performances of Elizabeth O'Key : the medical theatre of mesmerism -- "Double consciousness" in acting theory and trance state -- "Call me Gypsy" : Anna Cora Mowatt's trance performances -- The rise of spiritualism and the Fox sisters -- Séance as theatre -- Spirit travels to distant times and places -- Cora L.V. Richmond : spiritualist trance star -- The performance of "Ouina" and the racial "other" -- Spiritualism crosses over to England : Florence Cook and the materialization séance -- "Katie King" and Robert Dale Owen -- Materialization, ectoplasm and realism. 
650 0 |a Women and spiritualism  |z United States  |x History  |y 19th century. 
650 0 |a Women mediums  |z United States  |x History  |y 19th century. 
650 0 |a Mesmerism  |z United States  |x History  |y 19th century. 
650 0 |a Theater  |z United States  |x History  |y 19th century. 
650 0 |a Women and spiritualism  |z Great Britain  |x History  |y 19th century. 
650 0 |a Women mediums  |z Great Britain  |x History  |y 19th century. 
650 0 |a Mesmerism  |z Great Britain  |x History  |y 19th century. 
650 0 |a Theater  |z Great Britain  |x History  |y 19th century. 
945 |a PromptCat  |b 842270 
946 |a stk 
947 |a A14839985941 
994 |a 92  |b TXA 
948 |a cataloged  |b h  |c 2009/11/30  |d c  |e blrosas  |f 1:16:27 pm 
999 |a MARS 
999 f f |s da289e1c-0aa7-3398-aee6-bc1cad06aecb  |i a92c3100-6637-3f12-a5b7-7e42804a01b3  |t 0 
952 f f |p normal  |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Sterling C. Evans Library  |d Evans: Library Stacks  |t 0  |e BF1275.W65 L45 2009  |h Library of Congress classification  |i unmediated -- volume  |m A14839985941 
998 f f |a BF1275.W65 L45 2009  |t 0  |l Evans: Library Stacks