Awkward rituals: sensations of governance in Protestant America
Introduction -- Uncomfortable rites in Early Republican Freemasonry -- Conventional behavior in the America Bible Society -- Involuntary association in the American Seamen's Friend Society -- The head and the hands in Catharine Beecher's domesticity -- Epilogue : awkward ritual, once more...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago London
The University of Chicago Press
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Class 200, new studies in religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Protestant
/ Ritual
/ History 1783-1865
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| Further subjects: | B
Rites and ceremonies (United States)
History 19th century
B Rites and ceremonies (United States) Case studies B United States Civilization 1783-1865 B WASPs (Persons) (United States) Social life and customs 19th century B Protestants (United States) Social life and customs 19th century B United States Social life and customs 1783-1865 |
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| Summary: | Introduction -- Uncomfortable rites in Early Republican Freemasonry -- Conventional behavior in the America Bible Society -- Involuntary association in the American Seamen's Friend Society -- The head and the hands in Catharine Beecher's domesticity -- Epilogue : awkward ritual, once more with feeling. "In the years between the American Revolution and the Civil War, there was an awkward persistence of sovereign rituals, vestiges of a monarchical past that were not easy to shed. In Awkward Rituals, Dana Logan focuses our attention on these performances, revealing the ways in which governance in the Early Republic was characterized by white Protestants reenacting the hierarchical authority of a seemingly rejected king. With her unique focus on embodied action, rather than the more common focus on discourse or law, Logan makes an original contribution to debates about the relative completeness of America's Revolution. Awkward Rituals theorizes an under-examined form of action: rituals that do not feel natural even if they sometimes feel good. This account challenges common notions of ritual as a force that binds society and synthesizes the self. Ranging from Freemason initiations to evangelical societies to missionaries posing as sailors, Logan shows how white Protestants promoted a class-based society while simultaneously trumpeting egalitarianism. She thus redescribes ritual as a box to check, a chore to complete, an embarrassing display of theatrical verve. In Awkward Rituals, Logan emphasizes how ritual distinctively captures what does not change through revolution."-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0226818489 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7208/9780226818498.001.001 |