{"product_id":"charles-ellis-johnson-and-the-mary-campbell-9780226373690","title":"Charles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image","description":"On September 25, 1890, the Mormon prophet Wilford Woodruff publicly instructed his followers to abandon polygamy. In doing so, he initiated a process that would fundamentally alter the Latter-day Saints and their faith. Trading the most integral elements of their belief system for national acceptance, the Mormons recreated themselves as model Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mary Campbell tells the story of this remarkable religious transformation in \u003ci\u003eCharles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image\u003c\/i\u003e. One of the church's favorite photographers, Johnson (1857-1926) spent the 1890s and early 1900s taking pictures of Mormonism's most revered figures and sacred sites. At the same time, he did a brisk business in mail-order erotica, creating and selling stereoviews that he referred to as his \"spicy pictures of girls.\" Situating these images within the religious, artistic, and legal culture of turn-of-the-century America, Campbell reveals the unexpected ways in which they worked to bring the Saints into the nation's mainstream after the scandal of polygamy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Engaging, interdisciplinary, and deeply researched, \u003ci\u003eCharles Ellis Johnson and the Erotic Mormon Image\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates the profound role pictures played in the creation of both the modern Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the modern American nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Campbell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022637369X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226373690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.70w x 0.80d","brand":"Mary Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086407839999,"sku":"9780226373690","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4629240-a8e1-47b5-8b20-2cd49c6c1c51.jpg?v=1769094496","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/charles-ellis-johnson-and-the-mary-campbell-9780226373690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}