{"product_id":"imaginary-friends-representing-quakers-in-american-culture-1650a-1950-9780299231743","title":"Imaginary Friends: Representing Quakers in American Culture, 1650a 1950","description":"When Americans today think of the Religious Society of Friends, better known as Quakers, they may picture the smiling figure on boxes of oatmeal. But since their arrival in the American colonies in the 1650s, Quakers' spiritual values and social habits have set them apart from other Americans. And their example-whether real or imagined-has served as a religious conscience for an expanding nation. \u003cbr\u003e Portrayals of Quakers-from dangerous and anarchic figures in seventeenth-century theological debates to moral exemplars in twentieth-century theater and film (Grace Kelly in \u003ci\u003eHigh Noon\u003c\/i\u003e, for example)-reflected attempts by writers, speechmakers, and dramatists to grapple with the troubling social issues of the day. As foils to more widely held religious, political, and moral values, members of the Society of Friends became touchstones in national discussions about pacifism, abolition, gender equality, consumer culture, and modernity.\u003cbr\u003e Spanning four centuries, \u003ci\u003eImaginary Friends\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers through the shifting representations of Quaker life in a wide range of literary and visual genres, from theological debates, missionary work records, political theory, and biography to fiction, poetry, theater, and film. It illustrates the ways that, during the long history of Quakerism in the United States, these \"imaginary\" Friends have offered a radical model of morality, piety, and anti-modernity against which the evolving culture has measured itself. \u003cbr\u003e Winner, CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299231743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/18\/2009 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"James Emmett Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38012616081589,"sku":"9780299231743","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d3275d2d-373a-401d-96fb-229554945ca3.jpg?v=1609136961","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/imaginary-friends-representing-quakers-in-american-culture-1650a-1950-9780299231743","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}