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- Title
Eros and its Discontents: The Israelite House of David and Their Almost Eden.
- Authors
McRae, Shannon
- Abstract
The article discusses the way in which the Israelite House of David, a religious communal society centered in Benton Harbor, Michigan, and established by preacher Benjamin Purnell, embraced spectacle. Focus is given to the settlement's use of an amusement park called Eden Springs, as well as its jazz band and baseball team. The author connects such spectacle to the group's embrace of the Freudian concept of "eros," or life energy, and explains how such spectacle demonstrates the House of David's connection to American modernism's foundation in popular culture and entertainment.
- Subjects
BENTON Harbor (Mich.); MICHIGAN; HOUSE of David; PURNELL, Benjamin Franklin, 1861-1927; MODERNITY; COLLECTIVE settlements; SPECTACULAR, The; AMUSEMENT parks; HISTORY
- Publication
American Communal Societies Quarterly, 2008, Vol 2, Issue 2, p70
- ISSN
1939-473X
- Publication type
Article