Paranormal nation: Why America needs ghosts, UFOs, and bigfoot

Introduction -- A brief history of the paranormal in America -- Paranormal hoaxes -- The native paranormal -- The JFK assassination and the paranormal -- Social change and the paranormal -- The rise of paranormal television -- The paranormal reality -- The paranormal economy -- Based on a true story...

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Contributors: Fitch, Marc E. (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Santa Barbara, California [u.a.] Praeger 2013
In:Year: 2013
RelBib Classification:AZ New religious movements
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Social Science Popular Culture
B Manners and customs
B Parapsychology History United States
B Parapsychology
B BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Supernatural
B United States Social life and customs United States History
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Summary:Introduction -- A brief history of the paranormal in America -- Paranormal hoaxes -- The native paranormal -- The JFK assassination and the paranormal -- Social change and the paranormal -- The rise of paranormal television -- The paranormal reality -- The paranormal economy -- Based on a true story ... -- A lack of faith -- Is satanism real? -- The American Gothic -- The ghost hunter age : today's paranormal movement -- Shirley Jackson's America -- Why does the United States need ghosts, UFOs, and bigfoot? -- Cry of the banshee
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-386) and index
ISBN:0313382069