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Author : Maria del Pilar Blanco
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 15,21 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1441164014
Located in the ambivalent realm between life and death, ghosts have always inspired cultural fascination as well as theoretical consideration.
Author : John Alexander
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,59 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Ghosts
ISBN :
Author : June Michele Pulliam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 2016-09-26
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1440834911
With entries that range from specific works to authors, folklore, and popular culture (including music, film, television, urban legend, and gaming), this book provides a single-volume resource on all things ghostly in the United States and in other countries. The concept of ghosts has been an ongoing and universal element in human culture as far back as recorded history can document. In more modern popular culture and entertainment, ghosts are a popular mainstay—from A Christmas Carol and Casper the Friendly Ghost to The Amityville Horror, Ghostbusters, Poltergeist, The Sixth Sense, and Ghost Whisperer. This book comprehensively examines ghost and spirit phenomena in all its incarnations to provide readers with a holistic perspective on the subject. It presents insightful information about the contribution of a specific work or author to establish or further the evolution of ghost lore, rather than concentrating solely on the film, literature, music, or folklore itself. The book focuses on ghosts in western culture but also provides information about spirit phenomena and lore in international settings, as many of the trends in popular culture dealing with ghosts and spirits are informed by authors and filmmakers from Germany, Japan, Korea, and the United Kingdom. The writers and editors are experts and scholars in the field and enthusiastic fans of ghost lore, ghost films, ghost hunting, and urban legends, resulting in entries that are informative and engaging—and make this the most complete and current resource on ghost and spirit lore available.
Author : Michael Teitelbaum
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,8 MB
Release : 2006-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781592967292
Describes famous ghosts stories and leaves it up to the reader to decide if they are real or imagined.
Author : Emily Raij
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 45,61 MB
Release : 2015-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1491440791
From musicians to adored actors, stories of famous ghosts are certainly entertaining. Are the spirits of deceased celebrities still roaming the Earth? Let young readers decide for themselves as they dig into the details of these spooky reports.
Author : Johnathan Sutherland
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 21,42 MB
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1448859859
Chronicles ghosts and hauntings, including famous cases, celebrity ghosts, and ghostly creatures.
Author : Joan Axelrod-Contrada
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 22,25 MB
Release : 2011-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1429665165
"Describes reports of encounters with the ghosts of several deceased entertainers and celebrities"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Diane Goldstein
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 13,6 MB
Release : 2007-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0874216818
Ghosts and other supernatural phenomena are widely represented throughout modern culture. They can be found in any number of entertainment, commercial, and other contexts, but popular media or commodified representations of ghosts can be quite different from the beliefs people hold about them, based on tradition or direct experience. Personal belief and cultural tradition on the one hand, and popular and commercial representation on the other, nevertheless continually feed each other. They frequently share space in how people think about the supernatural. In Haunting Experiences, three well-known folklorists seek to broaden the discussion of ghost lore by examining it from a variety of angles in various modern contexts. Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, and Jeannie Banks Thomas take ghosts seriously, as they draw on contemporary scholarship that emphasizes both the basis of belief in experience (rather than mere fantasy) and the usefulness of ghost stories. They look closely at the narrative role of such lore in matters such as socialization and gender. And they unravel the complex mix of mass media, commodification, and popular culture that today puts old spirits into new contexts.
Author : Johnathan Sutherland
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 20,51 MB
Release : 2011-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1448860415
A ghost is an apparition of a person, now deceased, that manifests itself as a living being. But that is only part of the story, and other cultures have paranormal phenomena of their own which have been absorbed into their mythology stretching back through time. This book examines many of the classic cases of hauntings around the world. Not only does it discuss the ghostly tales of kings, queens, nobles, murderers and their victims, and the real story behind "The Exorcist," but it also reveals the ghostly phenomena connected with more modern celebrities, from James Dean to Elvis Presley. Also examined in detail are chilly apparitions of ghost animals, inanimate objects, and even haunted places from the classic haunted house to a possessed shopping mall.
Author : Hannah Heidi Levy
Publisher : Badger Books LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,30 MB
Release : 2005-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781932542288
If you've ever loved a ghost story and are curious about the people who dig into those stories, then this book is for you. If you've ever just loved a good chilling tale, then this book is for you. If you're curious about people's opinions on ghosts and the like, then this book is for you. Famous Wisconsin Ghosts and Ghost Hunters is an interesting combination of stories, investigators, questions, legends, animal ghosts and more. Book jacket.