Deathpower Book Announcement
I have many things I hope to post at this site soon, including a length review of Andrew Alan Johnson’s (excellent) book Ghosts of the New City: Spirits, Urbanity, and the Ruins of Progress in Chiang Mai, a discussion linking that work to Bruce and Martha Lincoln’s recent hauntological article, “Toward a critical hauntology: Bare afterlife and the ghosts of Ba Chúc.” All of this results in me rethinking some thing about ghosts and their institution in Southeast Asia (and perhaps more broadly). But for the moment,
Columbia UP has produced a flyer promoting my book Deathpower, which will be released in the next two months, which means two things: the cover can now be seen, and there is a 30% off promotional code if you order it online from CUP. For more information click here.