Name: Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination
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Author: Gordon, Avery F.
ISBN: 9780816654468

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Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination

Type

Physical Book

Author

Avery F. Gordon

Publisher

University of Minnesota Press

Year

2008

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.7 x 15.9 x 1.6 cm

Weight

0.38 kg.

ISBN

0816654468

ISBN13

9780816654468

Edition No.

0002

Synopsis "Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination "

"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 this book. One must go back many more years than most of us can remember to find a more important book." -Charles Lemert Drawing on a range of sources, including the fiction of Toni Morrison and Luisa Valenzuela (He Who Searches), Avery Gordon demonstrates that past or haunting social forces control present life in different and more complicated ways than most social analysts presume. Written with a power to match its subject, Ghostly Matters has advanced the way we look at the complex intersections of race, gender, and class as they traverse our lives in sharp relief and shadowy manifestations. Avery F. Gordon is professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Janice Radway is professor of literature at Duke University.

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