Doubting Ghosts: Paranormal Investigation and the Paradoxes of Belief
Author:   Michele Hanks (New York University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032734521


Pages:   194
Publication Date:   28 April 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Doubting Ghosts: Paranormal Investigation and the Paradoxes of Belief


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Author:   Michele Hanks (New York University, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9781032734521


ISBN 10:   1032734523
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   28 April 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Creaky Floorboards and Flat Worlds: The Politics of Belief in the 21st Century 2. Laughing in the Face of Rationality: Paranormal Humor and the Recognition of Multiple Subjectivities 3. Enchanted Electricity: Theorizing the Paranormal 4. Doubtful Spirits: Critiquing Mediums 5. Visualizing the Heebie-Jeebies: Technologies of Detection and the Production of Anomalies 6. Everyday Eruptions: Conspiracy Theorizing and the Power of Doubt Conclusion

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Michele Hanks is a Clinical Associate Professor at New York University. She is interested in people’s experiences of conviction and doubt. This has led to her to conduct ethnographic fieldwork with paranormal investigators in England. More recently, she has been conducting ethnographic fieldwork with psychics in the US to understand the affective and political dynamics of their labor. She is the author of Haunted Heritage: The Cultural Politics of Ghost Tourism, Populism, and the Past (2015).

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