Vernon, Alice | GHOSTED

Boken utforskar historien och fascinationen kring spökjakt, från det förflutna till nutid, och hur teknologin påverkar våra uppfattningar om det övernaturliga.

• Ghosted utforskar vår fascination för spöken.

• En kombination av historia, vetenskap och kultur.

• Utgiven som pocket, 2026.

Utgivningsdatum: 2026-10-08

Bindning: Pocket

Bokförlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.
ISBN: 9781399418713

Omfång: 304 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2026-10-08

Förlagets information

A social, historical and scientific exploration into the ways and reasons we chase, stalk and measure supernatural phenomena to find proof of the existence, or non existence, of ghosts.

A social, historical and scientific exploration of ghost-hunting, and why our fascination with the paranormal is as timeless as the ghosts we hope to find.

The history of ghosts is ancient, but the history of active ghost-hunting is relatively recent, and investigations into the paranormal have developed hand-in-spirit-hand with scientific discoveries, from radio waves to smartphone apps. Now, more than ever, we want to find our own ghosts. Is it to help process grief? Become influencers? Or ease our fears of death?

Ghosted follows the story of paranormal investigations from the Victorian era to the modern day, examining how our fascination with ghost hunting has changed alongside technology and culture. Where we once gathered around tables, observing and recording every movement of the medium, we now take electronic equipment and app-laden phones around haunted locations to catch ghosts digitally. Where theatres and concert halls held sold-out performances by conjurers recreating the tricks of fraudulent mediums, we now delight in picking apart and exposing the evidence presented on reality television programmes.

In this book, Alice Vernon embarks on a journey to encounter a ghost, travelling to some of the UK's most haunted locations and encouraging readers to interrogate their own scepticism and belief. Ghosted examines what we are looking for, why we are looking for it, and why have we never given up the ghost.

Ghosted av Alice Vernon hittar du under Populärvetenskap inom Kulturvetenskap | Kulturhistoria i huvudkategorin Humaniora.

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