Contents
Preface
Introduction
I. Perception, Belief, and Living
1. Beings Without Bodies: An Experience-Centered Theory of the Belief in Spirits
2. The Moccasin Telegraph and Other Improbabilities: A Personal Essay
3. Folklore, Foodways, and the Supernatural
II. Supernatural Power and Other Worlds: Making Contact
4. Ghosts, Spirits, and Scholars: The Origins of Modern Spiritualism
5. Aftermath of a Failed Seance: The Functions of Skepticism in a Traditional Society
6. Supernatural Experience, Folk Belief, and Spiritual Healing
7. "If I Knew You Were Coming, I'd Have Baked a Cake": The Folklore of Foreknowledge in a Neighborhood Group
III. Demons and Gods: Cultural Adaptations and Incorporations
8. Bad Scares and Joyful Hauntings: "Priesting" the Supernatural Predicament
9. The Tourist Folklore of Pele: Encounters with the Other
10. Terror in Transition: Hmong Folk Belief in America
Selected Bibliography
Editor
Contributors
Index