Ghostly Matters: Haunting And The Sociological Imagination by Avery F. Gordon

Ghostly Matters: Haunting And The Sociological Imagination

Avery F. Gordon

276 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Drawing on a range of sources, including the fiction of Toni Morrison and Luisa Valenzuela (He Who Searches), Avery Gordon demonstrates that past or haunting social forces control present life in different and more complicated ways than most socia...

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Community Reviews

4.19
based on 103 reviews

Moods

informative: 87%

reflective: 75%

challenging: 50%

inspiring: 50%

dark: 37%

emotional: 37%

mysterious: 37%

tense: 37%

adventurous: 25%

hopeful: 12%

sad: 12%


Pace

50% of readers chose medium
50% of readers chose slow
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