Possessions: The History and Uses of Haunting in the Hudson Valley - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674018525ISBN-10:674018524UPC:9780674018525Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social Science, Body, Mind & SpiritBook Subcategory:American, Folklore & Mythology, Supernatural (Incl. Ghosts)Size:7.88 x 5.26 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCEP0ZWPN4
Possessions: The History and Uses of Haunting in the Hudson Valley
The cultural landscape of the Hudson River Valley is crowded with ghosts--the ghosts of Native Americans and Dutch colonists, of Revolutionary War soldiers and spies, of presidents, slaves, priests, and laborers. Possessions asks why this region just outside New York City became the locus for so many ghostly tales, and shows how these hauntings came to operate as a peculiar type of social memory...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harvard University PressISBN-13:9780674018525ISBN-10:674018524UPC:9780674018525Book Category:Literary Criticism, Social Science, Body, Mind & SpiritBook Subcategory:American, Folklore & Mythology, Supernatural (Incl. Ghosts)Size:7.88 x 5.26 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCEP0ZWPN4
Richardson, Judith: - Judith Richardson is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Stanford University.
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