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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Haws, J. B. (John Ben), 1974- author.     Subjects     Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History.     Latter Day Saints -- Public opinion.     Latter Day Saints -- History.     Latter Day Saint churches -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Haws, J. B. (John Ben), 1974- author.       by title:      The Mormon image in ...         MARC Display

The Mormon image in the American mind : fifty years of public perception / J.B. Haws. by Haws, J. B. (John Ben), 1974- author. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, c2013. Subjects Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- History.   Latter Day Saints -- Public opinion.   Latter Day Saints -- History.   Latter Day Saint churches -- History. ISBN:  9780199897643 (hardcover : alk. paper) : 0199897646 (hardcover : alk. paper) Description:  x, 412 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Contents:  Framing a collage -- "George W. Romney is ready and has the faith" : Mormonism in the 1968 presidential campaign season -- Church rites versus civil rights -- The politics of family values : 1972-1981 -- Familiar spirits, part one : the early eighties -- Familiar spirits, part two : the eighties and early nineties -- Standing a little taller : 1995-2005 -- Familiar faces : Mormons and American popular culture in a new millennium -- Suspicions-and surprises : the 2008 presidential campaign season -- "I don't think this is really a 'moment' " : Proposition 8, plays on Broadway, presidential campaigns in 2012-and paradoxes. Requests:  0 Summary:  Through a fascinating survey of Mormon encounters with the media, including such personalities and events as the Osmonds, the Olympics, the Tabernacle Choir, Evangelical Christians, the Equal Rights Amendment, Sports Illustrated, and presidential candidate Mitt Romney, J.B. Haws reveals the dramatic transformation of the American public's perception of Mormons in the past half-century-- a perception torn between admiration for individual Mormons seen as friendly, hard-working, and family-oriented and ambivalence toward institutional Mormonism allegedly secretive, authoritarian, and weird.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 289.373 Haws Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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