Haunting experiences ghosts in contemporary folklore
"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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Logan, Utah :
Utah State University Press
2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430341506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Introduction: Old Spirits in New Bottles; Part I: Taking Ghosts Seriously; One: The Usefulness of Ghost Stories; Two: Scientific Rationalism and Supernatural Experience Narratives; Part II: Narrating Socialization and Gender; Three: Gender and Ghosts; Four: Children's Ghost Stories; Part III: Old Spirits in New Contexts; Five: Haunted Houses; Six: The Commodification of Belief; Conclusion: The "Spectral Turn"; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index
