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Product Identifiers

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan

ISBN-101403939241

ISBN-139781403939241

eBay Product ID (ePID)57410549

Product Key Features

Number of PagesVIII, 299 Pages

Publication NameHaunted : a Social History of Ghosts

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

SubjectSocial History, Comparative Religion, Europe / Great Britain / General, Supernatural

TypeTextbook

AuthorOwen Davies

Subject AreaReligion, Body, Mind & Spirit, History

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight22.7 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2008-399549

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal133.10941

Table Of ContentSeeing Ghosts * Geography of Haunting * Purpose * Malicious Spirits * Ghost Hunters * Impersonating Ghosts * Debating Ghosts * Explaining Away * Ghosts Abroad * The Future for Ghosts Seeing Ghosts * Geography of Haunting * Purpose * Malicious Spirits * Ghost Hunters * Impersonating Ghosts * Debating Ghosts * Explaining Away * Ghosts Abroad * The Future for Ghosts

SynopsisThis book examines the social history of ghosts from the medieval period to the present. Providing the first truly comprehensive history of ghosts "The Haunted" places the history of hauntings firmly withing the wider social and cultural context of the period concerned, and presents its arguments and sources in an accessible and lively way., 'The Haunted' is the first truly comprehensive social history of ghosts. Using fascinating and entertaining examples, Davies places the history of ghosts within their wider social and cultural context, and examines why a belief in ghosts continues to be vibrant, socially relevant and historically illuminating., This book examines the social history of ghosts from the medieval period to the present. Belief in them has been manipulated for political and religious purposes, generated social panics and scandals, been a perennial source of literary inspiration and learned investigation. Underpinning Davies' approach is the awareness that for all the intellectual and scientific advances of the last five centuries the belief in ghosts continues to be vibrant and socially relevant. Understanding the history of ghosts helps explain why we continue to feel haunted by the people of the past., This book examines the social history of ghosts from the medieval period to the present. Providing the first truly comprehensive history of ghosts The Haunted places the history of hauntings firmly withing the wider social and cultural context of the period concerned, and presents its arguments and sources in an accessible and lively way.

LC Classification NumberBF1461