At home in nature: modern homesteading and spiritual practice in America

Conversion -- Getting (not too) close to nature -- Homemade ritual -- Interlude : interpreting ambivalence : homesteading as spiritual and cultural work -- The re-enchantment of the farm : John Burroughs goes back to the land -- Scott Nearing and the social gospel of agriculture -- Ambivalent legaci...

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Main Author: Gould, Rebecca Kneale 1963- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Berkeley. Calif. [u.a.] University of Californiarnia Press 2005
In:Year: 2005
Reviews:Review: At Home in Nature: Modern Homesteading and Spiritual Practice in America, by Rebecca Kneale Gould (2009) (Annus, Irén E.)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Rural life / Religiosity / Custom
Further subjects:B Spirituality (United States)
B Nature and civilization (United States)
B Nature
B Spirituality
B Country life (United States)
B United States
B Country life Religious aspects
B United States Religious life and customs
B Country life
B Nature Religious aspects
B Nature and civilization
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Summary:Conversion -- Getting (not too) close to nature -- Homemade ritual -- Interlude : interpreting ambivalence : homesteading as spiritual and cultural work -- The re-enchantment of the farm : John Burroughs goes back to the land -- Scott Nearing and the social gospel of agriculture -- Ambivalent legacies I : the dynamics of engagement and retreat -- Ambivalent legacies II : gender, class, nature and religion -- Of hoes and huckleberries : a note on method
Item Description:Literaturverz. S. 309 - 326
ISBN:0520241428