Sensing Spirits: Paranormal Investigation and the Social Construction of Ghosts

ISBN-13: 9780367568979 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 194 str.

Opis

Based on ethnographic research, this book examines the paranormal investigation subculture in the US. Presenting interviews with investigators, it explores their reasons for getting involved, the interpretive processes by which they ‘sense’ spirits, and the ways in which these processes are influenced by gendered and classed power dynamics.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Getting into the Spirit  2. Learning the "Right" Ways to Sense Spirits  3. Discerning Evidence of Spirits  4. Empersoning Spirits  5. Emplotting Spirits  6. Making Sense of Sensing Spirits  The Dead as Social Objects and Actors  Methodological Appendix

O autorze

Marc Eaton is Associate Professor of Sociology at Ripon College, USA and the co-editor of The Supernatural in Society, Culture, and History.