Ghosts and the Japanese
Cultural Experience in Japanese Death Legends
"[A] fine collection of essays which makes an important contribution to the existing literature on popular belief, and is adaptable for class use and accessible to the general reader."
Out of the Ordinary explores the functions of belief and supernatural experience within an array of cultures, as well as the stance of academe toward the study of belief and the supernatural. The essays in this volume call into question the idea that supernatural experience is extraordinary.
Among the contributors are Shelley Adler, David Hufford, Barre Toelken, and Gillian Bennett.
