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Sensing spirits : paranormal investigation and the social construction of ghosts

Title
Sensing spirits : paranormal investigation and the social construction of ghosts / Marc A. Eaton.
ISBN
0429020007
0429669313
042967080X
0429672292
9780429020001
9780429669316
9780429670800
9780429672293
9780367030384
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
Copyright Notice Date
©2021
Physical Description
1 online resource.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 02, 2020).
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Biographical / Historical Note
Marc Eaton is Associate Professor of Sociology at Ripon College, USA and the co-editor of The Supernatural in Society, Culture, and History.
Summary
"Based on ethnographic research, this book examines the paranormal investigation subculture in the US. Presenting interviews with investigators as well as extensive field observations, it explores their reasons for getting involved, their use of different investigative methods, the interpretive processes by which they individually and collectively 'sense' spirits, the ways in which these processes are influenced by small group power dynamics, and what paranormal investigation ultimately means to those who participate. While focusing on the practices by which investigators 'sense' spirits in small groups, the author also situates paranormal investigation within a broader cultural context and attends to how investigators attempt to legitimize their practice despite being marginalized by both science and religion. A fascinating study of ghosts as an inherently social phenomenon, Sensing Spirits will appeal to sociologists with interests in ethnography, interactionism, cultural studies and subcultures"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Eaton, Marc A., 1980- Sensing spirits Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Series
Interactionist currents.
Interactionist currents
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Getting into the Spirit
Learning the Right Ways to Sense Spirits
Discerning Evidence of Spirits
Empersoning Spirits
Emplotting Spirits
Making Sense of Sensing Spirits
The Dead as Social Objects and Actors.
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