Haunting experiences : ghosts in contemporary folklore /

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"Ghosts and the supernatural appear throughout modern culture, in any number of entertainment, commercial, and other contexts. Popular media's commodified representations of ghosts can be quite different from what people believe about them, based on tradition or direct experience. Belief a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goldstein, Diane E. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Grider, Sylvia Ann, Thomas, Jeannie B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Ghosts.
Haunted places.
Supernatural.
Lieux hantés.
Surnaturel.
supernatural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Ghosts
Haunted places
Supernatural
Gespenstergeschichte
Volkskultur
Spuk
Geheimnisvolle Stätte
Geister > Motiv > Volksliteratur.
Volksliteratur > Motiv > Geister.
Computer network resources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Old spirits in new bottles
  • Part I. Taking ghosts seriously : The usefulness of ghost stories
  • Scientific rationalism and supernatural experience narratives
  • Part II. Narrating socialization and gender : Gender and ghosts
  • Children's ghost stories
  • Part III. Old spirits in new contexts : Haunted houses
  • The commodification of belief
  • Conclusion : The "spectral turn."

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