Domestic Demons and the Intimate Uncanny

Domestic Demons and the Intimate Uncanny
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 223
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ISBN-10 : 9781000763348
ISBN-13 : 100076334X
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Book Synopsis Domestic Demons and the Intimate Uncanny by : Thomas G. Kirsch

Download or read book Domestic Demons and the Intimate Uncanny written by Thomas G. Kirsch and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores local cultural discourses and practices relating to manifestations and experiences of the demonic, the spectral and the uncanny, probing into their effects on people’s domestic and intimate spheres of life. The chapters examine the uncanny in a cross-cultural manner, involving empirically rich case studies from sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Europe. They use an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to show how people are affected by their intimate interactions with spiritual beings. While several chapters focus on the tensions between public and private spheres that emerge in the context of spiritual encounters, others explore what kind of relationships between humans and demonic entities are imagined to exist and in what ways these imaginations can be interpreted as a commentary on people’s concerns and social realities. Offering a critical look at a form of spiritual experience that often lacks academic examination, this book will be of great use to scholars of Religious Studies who are interested in the occult and paranormal, as well as academics working in Anthropology, Sociology, African Studies, Latin American Studies, Gender Studies and Transcultural Psychology.


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