Paranormal nation: Why America needs ghosts, UFOs, and bigfoot
Introduction -- A brief history of the paranormal in America -- Paranormal hoaxes -- The native paranormal -- The JFK assassination and the paranormal -- Social change and the paranormal -- The rise of paranormal television -- The paranormal reality -- The paranormal economy -- Based on a true story...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Servicio de pedido Subito: | Pedir ahora. |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Santa Barbara, California [u.a.]
Praeger
2013
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| En: | Año: 2013 |
| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AZ Nueva religión KBQ América del Norte |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Social Science
Popular Culture
B Manners and customs B Parapsychology History United States B Parapsychology B BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Supernatural B United States Social life and customs United States History |
| Sumario: | Introduction -- A brief history of the paranormal in America -- Paranormal hoaxes -- The native paranormal -- The JFK assassination and the paranormal -- Social change and the paranormal -- The rise of paranormal television -- The paranormal reality -- The paranormal economy -- Based on a true story ... -- A lack of faith -- Is satanism real? -- The American Gothic -- The ghost hunter age : today's paranormal movement -- Shirley Jackson's America -- Why does the United States need ghosts, UFOs, and bigfoot? -- Cry of the banshee "Please see the attached text file"-- |
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| Notas: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-386) and index |
| ISBN: | 0313382069 |