{"product_id":"the-darkened-room-alex-owen-9780226642055","title":"The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Victorian England","description":"A highly original study that examines the central role played by women as mediums, healers, and believers during the golden age of spiritualism in the late Victorian era, \u003ci\u003eThe Darkened Room\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a meditation on women mediums-it's an exploration of the era's gender relations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The hugely popular spiritualist movement, which maintained that women were uniquely qualified to commune with spirits of the dead, offered female mediums a new independence, authority, and potential to undermine conventional class and gender relations in the home and in society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using previously unexamined sources and an innovative approach, Alex Owen invokes the Victorian world of darkened s饌nce rooms, theatrical apparitions, and moving episodes of happiness lost and regained. She charts the struggles between spiritualists and the medical and legal establishments over the issue of female mediumship, and provides new insights into the gendered dynamics of Victorian society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Owen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226642054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226642055\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 04\/15\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 0.76d","brand":"Alex Owen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981510803711,"sku":"9780226642055","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cffe1c07-0e51-47ab-9e39-a278e6b9d159.jpg?v=1683256010","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-darkened-room-alex-owen-9780226642055","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}