Dekorationsartikel gehören nicht zum Leistungsumfang.
Sprache:
Englisch
21,00 €*
Versandkostenfrei per Post / DHL
Aktuell nicht verfügbar
Kategorien:
Beschreibung
'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.
'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.
Über den Autor
OWEN DAVIES is Reader in Social History at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He has appeared as an authority on witchcraft and magic in a number of television programmes including "People Detectives" (BBC2, April 2001) and "The Real Harry Potter" (Channel 4, November 2001). He is the author of numerous articles on witchcraft and magic in various periodicals and of the following books: "Witchcraft, Magic and Culture 1736-1951," " A People Bewitched: Witchcraft and Magic in Nineteenth-Century Somerset" and "Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History."
Zusammenfassung
A lively and comprehensive history of ghosts from the medieval period to the present, placing the history of hauntings firmly within their wider social and cultural context.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction PART 1: EXPERIENCE Manifestation Geography of Haunting Seeking Ghosts PART 2: EXPLANATION Debating Ghosts All in the Mind PART 3: REPRESENTATION Imitating the Dead Projecting Ghosts Treading the Boards and Under the Covers The Future for Ghosts
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2007 |
---|---|
Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: |
VIII
299 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9780230237100 |
ISBN-10: | 023023710X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Davies, Owen |
Hersteller: |
Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave MacMillan UK |
Maße: | 235 x 155 x 18 mm |
Von/Mit: | Owen Davies |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 10.10.2007 |
Gewicht: | 0,482 kg |
Über den Autor
OWEN DAVIES is Reader in Social History at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He has appeared as an authority on witchcraft and magic in a number of television programmes including "People Detectives" (BBC2, April 2001) and "The Real Harry Potter" (Channel 4, November 2001). He is the author of numerous articles on witchcraft and magic in various periodicals and of the following books: "Witchcraft, Magic and Culture 1736-1951," " A People Bewitched: Witchcraft and Magic in Nineteenth-Century Somerset" and "Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History."
Zusammenfassung
A lively and comprehensive history of ghosts from the medieval period to the present, placing the history of hauntings firmly within their wider social and cultural context.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction PART 1: EXPERIENCE Manifestation Geography of Haunting Seeking Ghosts PART 2: EXPLANATION Debating Ghosts All in the Mind PART 3: REPRESENTATION Imitating the Dead Projecting Ghosts Treading the Boards and Under the Covers The Future for Ghosts
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2007 |
---|---|
Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: |
VIII
299 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9780230237100 |
ISBN-10: | 023023710X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Davies, Owen |
Hersteller: |
Palgrave Macmillan
Palgrave MacMillan UK |
Maße: | 235 x 155 x 18 mm |
Von/Mit: | Owen Davies |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 10.10.2007 |
Gewicht: | 0,482 kg |
Warnhinweis