Ghostly matters : haunting and the sociological imagination / Avery F. Gordon, with a new introduction ; foreword by Janice Radway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Avery.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postmodernism--Social aspects.

Postmodernism.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Marginality, Social.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 252 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

2nd University of Minnesota Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.

Summary:

"Avery Gordon's stunningly original and provocatively imaginative book explores the connections linking horror, history, and haunting. " -George Lipsitz "The text is of great value to anyone working on issues pertaining to the fantastic and the uncanny." -American Studies International "Ghostly Matters immediately establishes Avery Gordon as a leader among her generation of social and cultural theorists in all fields. The sheer beauty of her language enhances an intellectual brilliance so daunting that some readers will mark the day they first read

Contents:

Her shape and his hand

Distractions

The other door, it's floods of tears with consolation enclosed

Not only the footprints but the water too and what is down there

there are crossroads.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6500-1

OCLC:

476162557