Description:
Explores the proliferation of spiritualist séances in mid-nineteenth-century Europe and the United States, and the connection to the contemporary evolution of the media entertainment industry.
Brief description: Simone Natale is Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies at Loughborough University, UK.
Review Quotes:
"This is an ambitious, overdue book, steeped in the period's popular culture, and offering a fresh, insightful perspective on a topic familiar to its scholars."
--Susan Zieger Media History