To find out why reasonable people are drawn to the seemingly bizarre practices of magic
and witchcraft, Tanya Luhrmann immersed herself in the secret lives of Londoners who call …

The first true social history of the phenomenon known as New Age culture, Children of the
New Age presents an overview of the diverse varieties of New Age belief and practice from …

Taking the reader into the heart of one of the fastest-growing religious movements in North
America, Sabina Magliocco reveals how the disciplines of anthropology and folklore were …

This book has developed from an undergraduate course on contemporary culture and
media that I have taught at the University of Surrey since 2000. I would like to thank all those …

Beyond the Body presents a new and sophisticated approach to death, dying and
bereavement, and the sociology of the body. The authors challenge existing theories that put …

Belki de “gündelik hayat” konusunu irdeleyen sosyologlar, medya ve kültür kuramcıları için
en büyük sorun terimin müthiş muğlaklığıdır. Featherstone'un gözlemlediği gibi gündelik …

Title first published in 2003. Alternative religions attract great public, academic and
government interest in our apparently post-Christian society. Yet how did all the'alternatives' …

This book provides a succinct, student-friendly outline of the principles, approaches, and
issues in participant observation. An examination of these basic tenets is important for …

This article attempts to establish a sociology of the occult in general, and a sociology of the
Western tarot in particular. The tarot is a deck of 78 cards invented in Italy in the fifteenth …

Social characteristics of Neopagans from across the United States are described on the
basis 643 self-administered questionnaires. A majority of these new religionists are young to …