Bibliograph

Religion of a different color, race and the Mormon struggle for whiteness, W. Paul Reeve

Type

Label

Religion of a different color, race and the Mormon struggle for whiteness, W. Paul Reeve

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Religion of a different color

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

900728291

Responsibility statement

W. Paul Reeve

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

race and the Mormon struggle for whiteness

Summary

The Protestant white majority in the nineteenth century was convinced that Mormonism represented a racial - not merely religious - departure from the mainstream, and they spent considerable effort attempting to substantiate their claims. At least some of that effort came through persistent attacks on the collective Mormon body. Mormons responded with aspirations toward whiteness. It was a back-and-forth struggle between what outsiders imagined and what Mormons believed. Mormons ultimately emerged triumphant but not unscathed

Target audience

specialized

Classification