Some wild visions : autobiographies by female itinerant evangelists in nineteenth-century America /

A study of seven autobiographies by women who defied the domestic ideology of 19th-century America by serving as itinerant preachers. Literally and culturally homeless, all of them used their autobiographies to construct plausible identities as women and Christians.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grammer, Elizabeth Elkin, 1963-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Series:Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:A study of seven autobiographies by women who defied the domestic ideology of 19th-century America by serving as itinerant preachers. Literally and culturally homeless, all of them used their autobiographies to construct plausible identities as women and Christians.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 211 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-194) and index.
ISBN:1423762320
9781423762324
0195139615
9780195139617