Robida’s Mormons by Daryl Lee

“…In the latter, Robida conflated orientalist stereotypes abounding in accounts of Mormon polygamy and in French salon painting, by removing the Mormons from the Rocky Mountains and transplanting them to Europe in order to think through French preoccupations with geopolitics, colonization, and the role of women in society.…”
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Saints et Sainteté dans le mormonisme de Joseph Smith et celui de l'Église de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours by Chrystal Vanel

“…As the practice of polygamy came to an end in 1890/1904, "political Mormonism" no longer existed: the "Saint" now established boundaries between himself and the rest of the world on an individual basis through proscriptions and obligations. …”
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