Victorian women and the theatre of trance
Subtitle: mediums, spiritualists and mesmerists in performance
By: Amy Lehman.
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786434794
Subjects: Women and spiritualism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Women mediums -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Mesmerism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Theater -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Women and spiritualism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Women mediums -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Mesmerism -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Theater -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Victorian theatre and theatricality in Victorian culture; title: The Victorian woman as actress and the roles she played; title: Mesmer and Charcot : the trance performance as medical show; title: The performances of Elizabeth O'Key : the medical theatre of mesmerism; title: "Double consciousness" in acting theory and trance state; title: "Call me Gypsy" : Anna Cora Mowatt's trance performances; title: The rise of spiritualism and the Fox sisters; title: Séance as theatre; title: Spirit travels to distant times and places; title: Cora L.V. Richmond : spiritualist trance star; title: The performance of Ouina and the racial other; title: Spiritualism crosses over to England : Florence Cook and the materialization séance; title: Katie King and Robert Dale Owne; title: Materialization, ectoplasm, and realism.