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100 1 a| Mathews, Holly R.M.,e| author.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 10 a| Power in belief :b| a folkloric study of the female psychic community & access to power /c| by Holly R.M. Mathews.;

246 3 a| Power in belief a folkloric study of the female psychic community & access to power.;

264 1 a| [Greenville, N.C.] :b| [East Carolina University],c| 2019.;

300 a| 169 pages;

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502 b| M.A.c| East Carolina Universityd| 2019.;

500 a| Presented to the faculty of the Department of English;

500 a| Advisor: Andrea Kitta;

500 a| Title from PDF t.p. (viewed March 20, 2020).;

520 3 a| The ways in which women are denied access to power by societal and religious organizations serves as a significant focal point in academic research. Entities that seem to evade patriarchal influence offer females the best chance to acquire power. One of these entities includes Spiritualist practices. Some have shown that Spiritualism functions as a way for women to improve their status in society, while others have identified it as limiting them to traditional feminine roles of family, relationships, and household. Through an analysis of thirty-four narratives written by psychics-in-training and five memorates gathered from interviews with clients of psychics, I argue that psychics-in-training are seeking both societal and religious power through their supernatural practices while clients of psychics only receive religious autonomy from Spiritualism. Clients of psychics are not pursuing societal power with Spiritualist practices as they predominately report supernatural messages about living and deceased family members, love, marriage, and children.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

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650 0 a| Women's rights and spiritualism.=| ^A837669;

653 a| women & power;

653 a| supernatural belief;

653 a| organized religion;

700 1 a| Kitta, Andrea,d| 1977-e| degree supervisor.=| ^A1082360;

710 2 a| East Carolina University.b| Department of English.=| ^A641948;

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Power in belief : a folkloric study of the female psychic community & access to power / by Holly R.M. Mathews.

Author/creator	Mathews, Holly R.M. author.
Other author	Kitta, Andrea, 1977- degree supervisor.
Other author	East Carolina University. Department of English.
Format	Theses and dissertations
Publication	[Greenville, N.C.] : [East Carolina University], 2019.
Description	169 pages
Supplemental Content	Access via ScholarShip
Subjects	Women psychics. Women's rights and spiritualism.

Variant title	Power in belief a folkloric study of the female psychic community & access to power.
Summary	The ways in which women are denied access to power by societal and religious organizations serves as a significant focal point in academic research. Entities that seem to evade patriarchal influence offer females the best chance to acquire power. One of these entities includes Spiritualist practices. Some have shown that Spiritualism functions as a way for women to improve their status in society, while others have identified it as limiting them to traditional feminine roles of family, relationships, and household. Through an analysis of thirty-four narratives written by psychics-in-training and five memorates gathered from interviews with clients of psychics, I argue that psychics-in-training are seeking both societal and religious power through their supernatural practices while clients of psychics only receive religious autonomy from Spiritualism. Clients of psychics are not pursuing societal power with Spiritualist practices as they predominately report supernatural messages about living and deceased family members, love, marriage, and children.
General note	Presented to the faculty of the Department of English
General note	Advisor: Andrea Kitta
General note	Title from PDF t.p. (viewed March 20, 2020).
Dissertation note	M.A. East Carolina University 2019.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Technical details	System requirements: Adobe Reader.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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