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Category Archives: mormon
MHA 2020 Virtual Exhibit
in conferences, mormon, Mormon Studies, Virtual Exhibit
Tagged MHA2020
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Welcome to our MHA 2020 virtual exhibit! Even though we are unable to attend MHA in person, we are still excited to share with you our Mormon studies related content. Take a look at our books, journals, interviews, blog posts, … Continue reading
Christine Talbot on Mormonism and Polygamy
in Authors on Issues, feminist studies, mormon, Mormon Studies
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The following is a guest post from Christine Talbot, author of A Foreign Kingdom: Mormons and Polygamy in American Political Culture, 1852-1890. This June, we are offering a free ebook copy of her book. See the bottom of the post … Continue reading
Get a Free Ebook of A Foreign Kingdom by Christine Talbot
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In June’s free ebook, join Christine Talbot as she explores how Mormon plural marriage generated decades of cultural and political conflict over competing definitions of legitimate marriage and family structure in A Foreign Kingdom. In 1852-1890, polygamy put Mormonism at … Continue reading
Watch the Book Trailer for Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America by Jake Johnson
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Coming in July 2019, Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America by Jake Johnson merges the study of belonging in America with scholarship on voice and popular music to explore the surprising yet profound link between two quintessentially American institutions. Watch … Continue reading
Announcing a New Series: Introductions to Mormon Thought
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The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce the new series Introductions to Mormon Thought. Dawn Durante, a senior acquisitions editor at the University of Illinois Press, will be the acquiring editor and Matthew Bowman and Joseph M. Spencer will serve … Continue reading
Release Party: Baring Witness
in mormon, women's history
Tagged Holly Welker, love, marriage, Mormonism, women
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One of the Press’s more eagerly awaited recent titles, and a runaway hit at this summer’s Book Expo in Chicago, Baring Witness is now on sale. Acclaimed author-editor Holly Welker and thirty-six Mormon women write about devotion and love and luck, about … Continue reading
Throwbacklist Thursday: The Story of the Smiths
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Tagged David Hyrum Smith, Emma Hale Smith, Joseph Smith, Latter-day Saints, Mormonism
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Often overlooked in the literature written about American families, the Smiths of Western New York nonetheless have a claim over the Rockefellers and Adamses and all the other subjects of lap-breaking tomes put out by big name biographers. The Smiths … Continue reading
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: A Biography honored
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Tagged Michael Hicks, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
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Since its initial publication, Michael Hicks‘s book The Mormon Tabernacle Choir: A Biography has attracted raves for telling the fascinating inside story of the beloved American institution. We are pleased to announce that Michael’s peers agree with public opinion. His … Continue reading