Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An interesting and convincing read." --
Association for Mormon Letters"Highly original, extremely interesting, and richly documented. The collection analyzed here is remarkable. A book that is superbly satisfying in terms of intellectual stimulation (because of its high erudition and in-depth analysis of how politics will impact cultural products), aesthetic curiosity, and humorous entertainment."--Bernadette Rigal-Cellard, author of
La Religion des MormonsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments
Chronology of Key Publications and Events
Chapter 1. “Ils ont lâché le fou!”: Unleashing the Mormon Jester
Chapter 2. “La Loi nouvelle”: Mormonism and the Social Question in France
Chapter 3. Mormonism, Masculinity, and the Woman Question in Second Empire France
Chapter 4. Between Man and God: Mormons, Spiritualism, and the Occult
Chapter 5. From Page to Stage: Mormonism and the Woman Question in the Early Third Republic
Chapter 6. “Ces mœurs sont bien les nôtres!” Mormons, Marriage, and the Divorce Debate
Chapter 7. Exotic Mormons and the French Colonial Project
Chapter 8. “La Fin du Mormonisme”
Notes Bibliography
Index
