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Secret ritual and manhood in Victorian America / Mark C. Carnes.

Carnes, Mark C. (Mark Christopher), 1950- (Author).

Summary:

Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias - why did millions of nineteenth century American men belong to these and other secret orders? In this engrossing study, Mark C. Carnes argues that fraternal rituals created a fantasy world antithetical to prevailing religious practices, gender roles, and institutional structures, offering a male religious counterculture that opposed an increasingly liberal and feminized Protestantism.

Record details

ISBN: 030015741X
ISBN: 9780300157413
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 226 pages)
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1989.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:july.24 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-218) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue -- Masks -- Words -- Darkness -- Fathers -- Secrets -- Epilogue.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.