Mesmerism and Feminism: Boston Women's Intellectual Movements in the Antebellum Period
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21520280
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Seikei University |
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Principal Investigator |
SHOJI Hiroko 成蹊大学, 文学部, 教授 (50272472)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2012
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Keywords | アメリカ・ルネサンス / メスメリズム / フェミニズム / 英米文学 / 超絶主義 / アメリカ文学 / トランセンデンタリズム(超絶思想) |
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| Research Abstract |
This study aimed to clarify the involvement in and contribution to the American Renaissance by Margaret Fuller, Peabody sisters and other “transcendental” women who lived and moved in the intellectual circles in antebellum Boston. The idea of the American Renaissance and transcendetalism has been criticized for its overemphasizing a small number of white male writers and ignoring contemporary women’s activit ies and contributions. Inspiring each other, these women ignited Transcendentalism, the America’s first cultural awaking in the era of the nation’s self-discovery and the Westward Expansion. By addressing their spiritual and intellectual transcendence, this study shed a new light on the richness of the literary and political activities of antebellum Boston women and their relationships to the American Renaissance and Transcendentalism, which had been formed around the white male luminaries such as Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman.
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Research Products
(17 results)
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[Book] 風間書房2013
Author(s)
大熊昭信・庄司宏子編著
Total Pages
350
Publisher
グローバル化の中のポスト・コロニアリズム
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[Book] 法政大学出版2013
Author(s)
庄司宏子編
Total Pages
264
Publisher
絵のなかの物語──文学者が絵を読むこと
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