Alas Poor Ghost
Gillian. Bennett
Bok Engelsk 1999 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Logan : : Utah State University Press, , 1999.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (233 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Introduction; Background; The Structure of This Book; Chapter 1. Belief and Disbelief; Is Belief in the Supernatural Declining?; Telling It Slant; Patterns of Belief; Order in Chaos; Family Love; Competing Cultures; Chapter 2. Contact with the Dead; Life after Death; Ghosts and Hauntings; Visitations; Cause, Consequence, and Lack Liquidated; Delving; Summary; Chapter 3. Witnesses, Bereavement, and the Sense of Presence (with Kate Bennett); Witnesses; Bereavement; The Sense of Presence; Conclusion. - 4. Linguistic Clues to Belief and Disbelief5. Word Lists Showing Story Patterns in Memorates; Notes; References Cited; Index. - Chapter 4. From Private Experience to Public Performance: Supernatural Experience as NarrativeBelief and Disbelief: Patterns of Narration; Story Dialectic: The Imaginary Judge and Jury; In Brief; Chapter 5. "Alas, Poor Ghost!" Case Studies in the History of Ghosts and Visitations; The Ghost of Hamlet's Father; The Cock Lane Poltergeist; The Clodd/Lang Debate; The Vanishing Hitchhiker; A Brief History of "Witnesses"; Appendices; 1. Collecting the Data; The Manchester Study; The Leicester Study; 2. Transcribing Spoken Texts; 3. The Manchester Respondents. - In the rational modern world, belief in the supernatural seemingly has been consigned to the worlds of entertainment and fantasy. Yet belief in other worldly phenomena, from poltergeists to telepathy, remains strong, as Gillian Bennett's research shows. Especially common is belief in continuing contact with, or the continuing presence of, dead family members. Bennett interviewed women in Manchester, England, asking them questions about ghosts and other aspects of the supernatural. (Her discussion of how her research methods and interview techniques evolved is in itself valua
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| ISBN | 0874212774. - 0874212782
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