Validation, Comfort, and Syncretic Belief in the Afterlife: U.S. Viewers' Perceptions of Long Island Medium
On the reality TV program Long Island Medium and in public performances, professional spirit medium Theresa Caputo interprets messages she says she receives from the spirits of the deceased. Based on interviews with people who have seen her on television or in a live stage performance, I sought to l...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Anthropology of consciousness
Year: 2019, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 90-112 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Caputo, Theresa 1967-
/ Long Island medium
/ USA
/ Reality television programs
/ Medium
/ Reception
/ Audience
/ Belief in the hereafter
/ Syncretism
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AZ New religious movements KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
nonempirical experience
B United States B Media B Religion B spirit mediumship |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |