Spirited Histories - Technologies, Media, and Trauma in Paranormal Chile

Spirited Histories combines ethnography with critical theory to provide a sophisticated exploration of the intersection of haunting and the paranormal with technology, media, and history.

List of contents

Introduction; 1 Machines; 2 Noise; 3 Affect; 4 Aliens; 5 Play; Afterword

About the author

Diana Espírito Santo is Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is co-editor of many volumes, including The Social Life of Spirits (2013) and author of Developing the Dead: Mediumship and Selfhood in Cuban Espiritismo (2015).

Summary

Spirited Histories combines ethnography with critical theory to provide a sophisticated exploration of the intersection of haunting and the paranormal with technology, media, and history.

Product details

• Authors: Diana Espirito Santo, Diana Espírito Santo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9780367691837
• ISBN: 978-0-367-69183-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: The Anthropology of History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Ethnic Studies, Media Studies, Sociology, Spiritualism, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Religion: general, Regional Studies, Social and cultural history, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Parapsychological studies, Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems, Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems