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Reed, Darren, Robin Wooffitt, Clare Jackson, Yasushi Ohashi and Isaac Hughes. 2013. Self-identity, authenticity and the Other: The spirits and audience management in stage mediumship. Language & Communication 33 (2) : 93–105.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Elsevier

Annotation

Addressing Hasting and Manning’s (2004) call for recognition of the role of alterity in identity work, this paper explores spirits and audience management in video recordings of stage demonstrations of mediumship, and outcomes for the mediums’ authenticity and authority claims.