Haunting experiences : ghosts in contemporary folklore / Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, Jeannie Banks Thomas.
Goldstein, Diane E.; Grider, Sylvia Ann.; Thomas, Jeannie B.
2007
GR580 .G65 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Haunting experiences : ghosts in contemporary folklore / Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, Jeannie Banks Thomas.
Author
Goldstein, Diane E.
ISBN
9780874216363 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0874216362 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780874216776 (pbk. : alk. paper)
087421677X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Publication Details
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c2007.
Language
English
Description
ix, 270 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
GR580 .G65 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
398/.47
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Added Author
Grider, Sylvia Ann.
Thomas, Jeannie B.
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Table of contents only
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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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