02555nam 2200637Ia 450 991082055930332120200520144314.00-674-02957-710.4159/9780674029576(CKB)1000000000786923(EBL)3300077(DE-B1597)457582(OCoLC)1013947884(OCoLC)1029834745(OCoLC)1032679825(OCoLC)1037981609(OCoLC)1041988716(OCoLC)1046612269(OCoLC)1047009897(OCoLC)647823705(OCoLC)979739884(DE-B1597)9780674029576(Au-PeEL)EBL3300077(CaPaEBR)ebr10312782(OCoLC)923109006(MiAaPQ)EBC3300077(EXLCZ)99100000000078692320050519d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAbducted how people come to believe they were kidnapped by aliens /Susan A. Clancy1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20051 online resource (192 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-674-01879-6 0-674-02401-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-171) and index.Frontmatter --Acknowledgments --Contents --Introduction --1. How Do You Wind Up Studying Aliens? --2. How Do People Come To Believe They Were Abducted By Aliens? --3. Why Do I Have Memories If It Didn't Happen? --4. Why Are Abduction Stories So Consistent? --5. Who Gets Abducted? --6. If It Didn't Happen, Why Would I Want To Believe It Did? --Notes --IndexClancy argues that abductees are sane, intelligent people who have unwittingly created vivid false memories from a mélange of nightmares, culturally available texts, and a drive for meaning that science is unable to satisfy. This book is not only a subtle exploration of the workings of memory, but a sensitive inquiry into the nature of belief.Alien abductionHuman-alien encountersAlien abduction.Human-alien encounters.001.942Clancy Susan A1690911MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820559303321Abducted4066934UNINA