Mortimer and the Witches Audiolibro Por Marie Carter arte de portada

Mortimer and the Witches

A History of Nineteenth-Century Fortune Tellers

 Vista previa
Prueba por $0.00
Prime logotipo Exclusivo para miembros Prime: ¿Nuevo en Audible? Obtén 2 audiolibros gratis con tu prueba.
Elige 1 audiolibro al mes de nuestra inigualable colección.
Escucha todo lo que quieras de entre miles de audiolibros, Originals y podcasts incluidos.
Accede a ofertas y descuentos exclusivos.
Premium Plus se renueva automáticamente por $14.95 al mes después de 30 días. Cancela en cualquier momento.

Mortimer and the Witches

De: Marie Carter
Narrado por: Marie Carter
Prueba por $0.00

$14.95 al mes después de 30 días. Cancela en cualquier momento.

Compra ahora por $17.19

Compra ahora por $17.19

Confirma la compra
la tarjeta con terminación
Cambiar método de pago
Al confirmar tu compra, aceptas las Condiciones de Uso de Audible y el Aviso de Privacidad de Amazon. Impuestos a cobrar según aplique.
Cancelar

Acerca de esta escucha

Under the pseudonym Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B., humor writer Mortimer Thomson went undercover to investigate and report on the fortune tellers of New York City's tenements and slums. When his articles were published in 1858, they catalyzed a series of arrests that scandalized and delighted the public. In Mortimer and the Witches, author Marie Carter examines the lives of these marginalized fortune tellers while detailing Mortimer Thomson's peculiar and complicated biography.

Nineteenth-century fortune tellers offered their clients answers to all questions in astrology, love, and law matters. Yet Doesticks saw them as the worst of the worst. His investigative reporting aimed to stop unsuspecting young women from seeking the corrupt soothsaying advice of these so-called clairvoyants and to expose the absurd predictions of these "witches."

Carter views these stories of working-class, immigrant women with more depth than Doesticks's mocking articles. She presents them as three-dimensional figures rather than the caricatures.

Mortimer and the Witches offers new insight into the neglected histories of working-class fortune tellers and the creative ways that they tried to make a living.

©2024 Marie Carter (P)2024 Tantor Américas Ciencias Sociales Estados Unidos Estatal y Local Estudios de Género Mujeres Para reflexionar Ingenioso Astrología Brujería Usuarios de magia
adbl_web_global_use_to_activate_T1_webcro805_stickypopup
Todas las estrellas
Más relevante  
witches may have been Mortimer's term, but it's all about debunking fortune tellers, one of the few ways a woman could make a living without being a poorly paid seamstress or prostitute.

interesting picture of women's lives as they struggled to make a living in NYC in early 1800s.

Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.