Robin Wooffitt

The Language of Mediums and Psychics

The Social Organization of Everyday Miracles

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Produktbeschreibung

Communication is crucial to the performance of psychic powers in a range of settings. Using conversation analysis, Robin Wooffitt examines the structure of the interaction between psychic practitioners and their clients, focusing on the ways in which the authenticity of the claimed paranormal powers is established. This highly original study raises

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780367603984
• ISBN-10: 0367603985
• Artikelnr.: 66518178

Autorenporträt

Robin Wooffitt is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of York, UK. He has authored and co-authored five other books. He has also published in Sociology, The British Journal of Social Psychology, Text, Discourse Studies, the Journal of Language and Social Psychology, The Journal of Parapsychology and The European Journal of Parapsychology.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Psychic practitioners in contemporary society
Psychic practitioners and social science
Analysing the organization of successful demonstrations of paranormal cognition
The collaborative production of paranormal cognition
The inferential production of identity in mediums' discourse
Trouble management
The spirits and trouble management
Communication and anomalous experiences
Appendix
Index.