Transnational Networks and Gendered Bodies in the Study of Psychic Phenomena, 1918-40
by
Beth A. Robertson
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
In the 1920s and ’30s, people gathered in darkened rooms to explore the paranormal through seances. They were motivated by grief, spiritual devotion, or a desire to be entertained. Beth A. Robertson resurrects the story of a small transnational group and their quest for objective knowledge of the...