The medium on the stage : theatricality and performance in the spirit séance -- Parlor games : play and social life in the haunted house -- Breaking the news : controversy, sensation, and the popular press -- Mediums and stars : religion, consumerism, and celebrity culture -- Stranger than fiction : print media, automatic writing, and popular culture -- The marvels of superimposition : spirit photography and spiritualism's visual culture.
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"Explores the proliferation of spiritualist séances in mid-nineteenth-century Europe and the United States, and the connection to the contemporary evolution of the media entertainment industry"--Provided by publisher.
JSTOR
22573/ctv14g12q5
Supernatural entertainments.
Popular culture-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
Popular culture-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Seances-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
Seances-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Spiritualism-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
Spiritualism-- United States-- History-- 19th century.