Ouija

Tapping into a growing interest in American culture with the occult and new spiritualism, this book is the first scholarly work devoted entirely to the unique place of Ouija in American culture.

Katherine G. Schmidt is Associate Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Molloy University, USA. She is the author of Virtual Communion: Theology of the Internet and the Catholic Sacramental Imagination (Rowman and Littlefield, 2020).

1.Introduction 2. "A History of Ouija: Myths and Misconceptions" 3. "Ouija Rhetoricity" 4. "Spirited Play: The Ouija Board and Gamification" 5. "Examining the Ouija Heebie-Jeebies: A Material Culture Analysis of Ouija Board Goods" 6. "Teens and Fear/Fearing Teens: Images of Ouija in Young Adult Literature" 7. "I Hope You Got This on Camera: Ouija Boards in Film" 8. "Secrets, Satan, and Slaughter: Protestant Responses to Ouija Boards During the Satanic Panic" 9. "US Catholicism and Ouija" 10. Epilogue: "I Do Not Claim Any Negative Energy"