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Out of the ordinary: folklore and the supernatural

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dc.contributor.authorWalker, Barbara, editor
dc.contributor.authorUtah State University Press, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:43:22Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:43:22Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.abstractThis 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.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsBeings 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 knew 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.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/87728
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUtah State University Press
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.
dc.subject.lcshFolklore
dc.subject.lcshSupernatural
dc.subject.lcshFolklore -- United States
dc.titleOut of the ordinary: folklore and the supernatural
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