Science of the Seance

Science of the Seance Transnational Networks and the Gendered Bodies in the Study of Psychic Phenomena, 1918-40 Beth A Robertson UBC Press 2016 Pb, 242pp, ind, bib, notes, £29.99, ISBN 9780774833509 While there has been a considerable academic interest in Victorian Spiritualism and séance room pheno...

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Published inFortean times no. 363; p. 56
Main Author Ruffles, Tom
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Diamond Publishing Ltd 01.02.2018
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Summary:Science of the Seance Transnational Networks and the Gendered Bodies in the Study of Psychic Phenomena, 1918-40 Beth A Robertson UBC Press 2016 Pb, 242pp, ind, bib, notes, £29.99, ISBN 9780774833509 While there has been a considerable academic interest in Victorian Spiritualism and séance room phenomena, the 1918-1939 period has been less well served. The idea of the objective quasi-professional psychical researcher attempting to put the séance on a firm scientific footing as a means of establishing its legitimacy was not new, as technology had been applied to document mediumship for decades. [...]of this limitation there is a failure to broaden the discussion sufficiently beyond the specific examples on which she concentrates.
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ISSN:0308-5899