Out of the ordinary : folklore and the supernatural / / Barbara Walker
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Walker Barbara
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| Titolo: |
Out of the ordinary : folklore and the supernatural / / Barbara Walker
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| Pubblicazione: | Utah State University, University Libraries, 1995 |
| Logan, Utah : , : Utah State University Press, , 1995 | |
| ©1995 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 398/.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Folklore - United States |
| Supernatural | |
| Folklore | |
| Altri autori: | WalkerBarbara <1946-> |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-211) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Introduction; I. Perception, Belief, and Living; II. Supernatural Power and Other Worlds: Making Contact; III. Demons and Gods: Cultural Adaptations and Incorporations; Selected Bibliography; Editor; Contributors; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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.Among the contributors are Shelley Adler, David Hufford, Barre Toelken, and Gillian Bennett. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Out of the ordinary |
| ISBN: | 0-87421-320-7 |
| 0-585-02348-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996214973103316 |
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