Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-249), filmography (p. 250-252) and index.
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Introduction : Old spirits in new bottles -- Part I. Taking ghosts seriously : The usefulness of ghost stories -- Scientific rationalism and supernatural experience narratives -- Part II. Narrating socialization and gender : Gender and ghosts -- Children's ghost stories -- Part III. Old spirits in new contexts : Haunted houses -- The commodification of belief -- Conclusion : The "spectral turn".