At home in nature [[electronic resource] ] : modern homesteading and spiritual practice in America / / Rebecca Kneale Gould
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| Autore: |
Gould Rebecca Kneale <1963->
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| Titolo: |
At home in nature [[electronic resource] ] : modern homesteading and spiritual practice in America / / Rebecca Kneale Gould
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306/.0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Country life - Religious aspects |
| Nature - Religious aspects | |
| Spirituality - United States | |
| Country life - United States | |
| Nature and civilization - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Religious life and customs |
| Soggetto non controllato: | 19th century |
| 20th century | |
| america | |
| american culture | |
| back to the land | |
| close to earth | |
| environmental ethics | |
| faith and spirituality | |
| firsthand accounts | |
| helen nearing | |
| henry david thoreau | |
| homesteaders | |
| homesteading philosophy | |
| interviews | |
| john burroughs | |
| living in nature | |
| living simply | |
| modern homesteading | |
| nature and religion | |
| nonfiction | |
| off the grid | |
| ralph borsodi | |
| reject consumerism | |
| scott nearing | |
| self sufficient living | |
| spiritual path | |
| spiritual practices | |
| wendell berry | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A HOMESTEADING TIME LINE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 CONVERSION -- 2 GETTING (NOT TOO) CLOSE TO NATURE -- 3 HOMEMADE RITUAL -- INTERLUDE: INTERPRETING AMBIVALENCE -- 4 THE REENCHANTMENT OF THE FARM -- 5 SCOTT NEARING AND THE SOCIAL GOSPEL OF AGRICULTURE -- 6 AMBIVALENT LEGACIES I -- 7 AMBIVALENT LEGACIES II -- APPENDIX: OF HOES AND HUCKLEBERRIES -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Motivated variously by the desire to reject consumerism, to live closer to the earth, to embrace voluntary simplicity, or to discover a more spiritual path, homesteaders have made the radical decision to go "back to the land," rejecting modern culture and amenities to live self-sufficiently and in harmony with nature. Drawing from vivid firsthand accounts as well as from rich historical material, this gracefully written study of homesteading in America from the late nineteenth century to the present examines the lives and beliefs of those who have ascribed to the homesteading philosophy, placing their experiences within the broader context of the changing meanings of nature and religion in modern American culture. Rebecca Kneale Gould investigates the lives of famous figures such as Henry David Thoreau, John Burroughs, Ralph Borsodi, Wendell Berry, and Helen and Scott Nearing, and she presents penetrating interviews with many contemporary homesteaders. She also considers homesteading as a form of dissent from consumer culture, as a departure from traditional religious life, and as a practice of environmental ethics. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | At home in nature |
| ISBN: | 1-282-35785-9 |
| 0-520-93786-4 | |
| 9786612357855 | |
| 1-59875-581-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783316203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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