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Title Out of the ordinary : folklore and the supernatural / Barbara Walker, editor.

Imprint Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©1995.

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Description 1 online resource (x, 218 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-211) and index.
Contents Beings without bodies: an experience-centered theory of the belief in spirits / David J. Hufford -- The moccasin telegraph and other improbabilities: a personal essay / Barre Toelken -- Folklore, foodways, and the supernatural / Timothy C. Lloyd -- Ghosts, spirits, and scholars: the origins of modern spiritualism / Kenneth D. Pimple -- Aftermath of a failed seance: the functions of skepticism in a traditional society / Maxine Miska -- Supernatural experience, folk belief, and spiritual healing / James McClenon -- "If I kKnew you were coming, I'd have baked a cake": the folklore of foreknowledge in a neighborhood group / Gillian Bennett -- Bad scares and joyful hauntings: "priesting" the supernatural predicament / Erika Brady -- The tourist folklore of Pele: encounters with the other / Joyce D. Hammond -- Terror in transition: Hmong folk belief in America / Shelley R. Adler.
Summary "This contributed volume explores the functions of belief and supernatural experience within an array of cultures, as well as the stance of academe toward the study of belief and the supernatural. The essays in this volume call into question the idea that supernatural experience is extraordinary."--Publisher's description
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Note Print version record.
Language English.
Subject Folklore.
Supernatural.
Folklore -- United States.
Folklore
Folklore.
Surnaturel.
Folklore -- États-Unis.
supernatural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Folklore. (OCoLC)fst00930306
Supernatural. (OCoLC)fst01138960
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Volkscultuur.
Het Bovennatuurlijke.
Added Author Walker, Barbara, 1946- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Out of the ordinary. Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©1995 0874211913 (DLC) 95004422 (OCoLC)32666082
ISBN 9780874213201 (electronic bk.)
0874213207 (electronic bk.)
0585023484 (electronic bk.)
9780585023489 (electronic bk.)
0874211913 (cloth)
9780874211917 (cloth)
0874211964 (paper)
9780874211962 (paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000051400435
AU@ 000055644891
AU@ 000059277326
DEBBG BV044118182
DEBSZ 472240803
DKDLA 820120-katalog:999898752305765
GBVCP 1008647187
NZ1 15321517
UKMGB 020149387

 
    
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