Bringing Out the Dead
Gender and Historical Cycles of Spiritualism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C P Scheitle (0000-0001-5966-4133, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 237-253 |
| Publication date | 2005-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/kf90-qelu-fvth-1r4u |
| OpenAlex | W1974159995 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 24 |
Interest in the spirit world has blossomed since the 1990s. Four in 10 Americans claim to have been in touch with the dead. Mainstream movies featuring ghosts have made millions, television shows featuring mediums are broadcast throughout the country, books concerning the spirit world have made the New York Times bestsellers list, and the deceased have been increasingly put to work by Madison Avenue. Developed here is a theory of the relations between historical cycles of spiritualism, women's interest in that movement, and how that is related to women's visibility and power within society. It is argued that women have historically had a fairly constant interest in the spirit world. Spiritualism's current popularity is a result of women having more power and visibility, giving the spirit world a prominence in society that it previous only had during spiritualism “boom” periods when men became interested
Aesthetics · Art · Boom · Geography · Mainstream · Media studies · Political science · Popularity · Power (physics · Sociology · Spiritualism · Visibility · Zombie · Engineering · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · History · Law · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
Radical spirits
The darkened room
Spirits in Culture, History and Mind
The relation between gender and emotion in different cultures
Edison's Views on Life and Death
Parental Bereavement
To Absent Friends
Gender differences in parental grief
Socialization of Discrete Negative Emotions
Spiritualism in Antebellum America
Gender, Emotion, and the Family
Gender Differences in the Quantity and Quality of Free Time
Other Powers
Pseudo-Science and Society in Nineteenth-Century America
Because They're My Parents
Idionecrophanies
Spiritualism and Society
A Higher Power to Feel
The Occult Revival as Popular Culture
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |