Описание: An indispensable resource for students and researchers of paranormal myth and media, this horror anthology explores both popular and obscure pieces about the undead and unholy. Beginning with the author's personal reflections on frightful manifestations in media, essays interrogate the roots and representations of well-known supernatural entities. Divided into three sections, chapters contextualize ghosts, vampires and monsters firmly within American culture.
The section dedicated to ghosts features the author's 2004 essay "Spectral Turn" and explores spectrality in the work of Herman Melville and Toni Morrison. In the "Vampires" section, the author considers the undead bloodsucker's relationship to antisemitism, suicide and cinema. Lastly, the third section includes pieces that explore the otherizations of monsters in films like It Follows, 2017's IT and It Comes at Night. Considerations of monstrosity in the age of global pandemics, terrorism and "stranger danger " are also addressed at length.
Автор: Johnson Andrew Alan Название: Ghosts of the New City ISBN: 0824839390 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824839390 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 9148.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Chiang Mai (literally, “new city”) suffered badly in the 1997 Asian financial crisis as the Northern Thai real estate bubble collapsed along with the Thai baht, crushing dreams of a renaissance of Northern prosperity. Years later, the ruins of the excesses of the 1990s still stain the skyline. In Ghosts of the New City, Andrew Alan Johnson shows how the trauma of the crash, brought back vividly by the political crisis of 2006, haunts efforts to remake the city. For many Chiang Mai residents, new developments harbour the seeds of the crash, which manifest themselves in anxious stories of ghosts and criminals who conceal themselves behind the city’s progressive veneer.Hopes for rebirth and fears of decline have their roots in Thai conceptions of progress, which draw from Buddhist and animist ideas of power and sacrality. Cities, Johnson argues, were centres where the charismatic power of kings and animist spirits were grounded; these entities assured progress by imbuing the space with sacred power that would avert disaster. Johnson traces such magico-religious conceptions of potency and space from historical records through present-day popular religious practice and draws parallels between these and secular attempts at urban revitalization.Through a detailed ethnography of the contested ways in which academics, urban activists, spirit mediums, and architects seek to revitalize the flagging economy and infrastructure of Chiang Mai, Johnson finds that alongside the hope for progress there exists a discourse about urban ghosts, deadly construction sites, and the lurking anxiety of another possible crash, a discourse that calls into question history’s upward trajectory. In this way, Ghosts of the New City draws new connections between urban history and popular religion that have implications far beyond Southeast Asia.
Автор: Eaton, Marc Название: Sensing Spirits ISBN: 0367030381 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367030384 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 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.
Since his late teens, Louis Proud has suffered from chronic sleep paralysis and has undergone hundreds of such episodes, many of them terrifying but ultimately transformational and eye-opening. These experiences, he believes, allow access to the "spirit realm" and could well hold the key to a whole host of paranormal phenomena, including poltergeist disturbances, out-of-body-experiences, mediumship, spirit possession, and succubi and incubi encounters.
Drawing on the work of Colin Wilson, Joe Fisher, Stan Gooch, Whitley Strieber, Robert Monroe, Dion Fortune, and a number of other paranormal experts, Proud lucidly demonstrates that many sleep paralysis experiences involve genuine contact and communication with incorporeal entities, some of them parasitic and potentially dangerous. In this comprehensive, open-minded exploration of the sleep paralysis phenomenon, filled with fascinating descriptions of his own experiences, as well as those of others, no stone is left unturned as Proud attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery.
Автор: Hill, Annette Название: Paranormal Media ISBN: 0415544637 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415544634 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Hill, Annette Название: Paranormal Media ISBN: 0415544629 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415544627 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22202.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Drawing from social theory and the anthropology of religion, this book explores popular media’s fascination with dreams, vampires, demons, ghosts and spirits. Dreams, Vampires and Ghosts does so in the light of contemporary animist studies of societies in which other-than-human persons are not merely a source of entertainment, but a lived social reality. Films and television programs explored include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twin Peaks, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Truly Madly Deeply and the films of Hitchcock. Louise Child draws attention to how they both depict and challenge ideas and practices rooted in psychology, while quality television has also facilitated a wave of programming that can explore the interaction of characters in complex social worlds over time. In addition to drawing on theories of film from Freudian psychology and feminist theory, Dreams, Vampires and Ghosts uses approaches derived from a combination of Jungian film studies and anthropology that offer fresh insights for exploring film and television. This book draws attention to explicit and subtle ways in which cinematic narratives engage with myth and religion while at the same time exploring collective dimensions to social and personal life. It advances new developments in genre studies and gender as well as contributing to the growing field of implicit religion using in-depth analyses of communicative dreaming, the shadow, and mystical lovers in film and television.
Описание: The sequel to Amazon's best-selling Supernatural book - "50 Real Ghost Stories"Paranormal researcher and author MJ Wayland compiles another fifty REAL LIFE ghost experiences direct from the witnesses themselves! For his final compilation he has collected some of the strangest, scariest and most unnerving ghost stories ever published.Stories include: GHOST IN THE WOODSTHE HOODED FIGURETHE FARNWORTH GHOST BRIDESOUTHEND HAUNTED HOTELTHE SHADOW MENTHE CRASH WATCHERTHE GHOST OF GIBBET LANEWHITTINGTON COMMON GHOSTMIDLAND HOTEL, MORECAMBETHE RIVOCK EDGE GHOSTTHE OLD BARN GHOSTTHE BREWERY HAUNTINGHAUNTED HOUSE IN NEWFOUNDLANDOXFORD STREET GHOSTWESTBOURNE HOUSE HOTELHORROR AT HUNDRED HOUSE HOTELPELSALL ROAD GHOSTHILLBANK HOTEL AND ARROWE PARK HAUNTINGSGHOSTS OF HANGMAN'S HILL, EPPING FORESTGHOST OF THE CHAPELA GHOST ATTACKED MY BROTHERBERWICK'S HAUNTED HOUSEREG HAS RETURNEDTHE OLD VICTORIAN HOUSEEERIE WELSH MOUNTAIN HOMETWO YEARS IN A HAUNTED FLATFINSBURY PARK GHOSTA12 ROAD GHOSTA MEDIUM'S FRIGHTOUR STRANGE HOLIDAYM62 ROAD GHOSTMOSS VALLEY GHOSTGRANTHAM ROAD GHOSTWRINSTEAD COURT FEELINGSCHALLENGING THE DEVILMY GHOST IS CALLED FREDMY EXPERIENCES AS A SECURITY GUARDGHOST OF THE TOWERTHE HAUNTED BEDAND MORE!
Автор: Hu, Baozhu Название: Believing in ghosts and spirits ISBN: 0367626349 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367626341 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 18374.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The present book by Hu Baozhu explores the subject of ghosts and spirits and attempts to map the religious landscape of ancient China. The main focus of attention is the character gui , an essential key to the understanding of spiritual beings.
Описание: This thought-provoking study of paranormal phenomena traces the impact of supernatural beliefs on popular culture and, conversely, examines the influence of new communication technologies on research being conducted in the field.
Автор: Baozhu, Hu Название: Believing in ghosts and spirits ISBN: 0367626357 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367626358 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5970.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The present book by Hu Baozhu explores the subject of ghosts and spirits and attempts to map the religious landscape of ancient China. The main focus of attention is the character gui , an essential key to the understanding of spiritual beings.
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