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Mourning Ghosts

Mourning Ghosts is a theoretical construct in the academic study of ghost stories that identifies spectral figures embodying unresolved collective grief, distinguished by their symbolic function in negotiating cultural memory and historical trauma.

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1.7K

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42

Authors

16

Institutions

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2017–2026

3

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Publications

40

Magic, witchcraft, and ghosts in the Greek and Roman worlds: a sourcebook

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 234 citations

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Cultural haunting: ghosts and ethnicity in recent American literature

Choice Reviews Online · 1999 · 190 citations

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Ghosts in the Middle Ages: the living and the dead in medieval society

Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 141 citations

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God of justice: ritual healing and social justice in the central Himalayas

William S. Sax · Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 136 citations

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Haunted Subjects: Deconstruction, Psychoanalysis and the Return of the Dead

Kate Griffiths, Colin Davis · The Modern Language Review · 2008 · 97 citations

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Authors

42

  1. ES
    Estela Schindel

    University of Konstanz, Germany

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  2. WS
    William Schneider

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  3. SM
    Stephen M. Hart

    University College London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  4. LM
    Laura Morgan

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  5. EB
    Elizabeth B. House

    1 publications · 32 citations

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Institutions

16

  1. New York Times

    Manhattan, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    65 citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  3. PC Krause & Associates (United States)

    West Lafayette, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    35 citations

  4. King's College Hospital

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  6. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  7. Yale-NUS College

    Singapore, Singapore

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 814 citations

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  2. The Modern Language Review

    2 publications · 113 citations

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  3. Studies in American fiction

    SAF · 2 publications · 58 citations

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  4. Popular Music & Society

    1 publications · 17 citations

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  5. European Societies

    1 publications · 34 citations

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