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Taking a broad interpretation of supernatural to include anything beyond nature, Global Perspectives on the Liminality of the Supernatural examines the liminality of often-overlooked types of supernatural beings in light of the themes of death and gender. It gives the reader a tour of the continents and takes them out into space, looking at popular culture and mythologies to propose answers to fundamental anthropological questions about humanity, the concept of dead, and how we relate to our own genders when using the supernatural to understand them.

Global Perspectives on the Liminality of the Supernatural investigates fundamental anthropological questions about humanity, the concept of `dead,¿ and how we relate to our own genders when using the supernatural to understand them.

Rebecca Gibson is lecturer of anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University and author ofDesire in the Age of Robots and AI: An Investigation in Science Fiction and Fact.

James M. VanderVeen is professor of anthropology and assistant director of the University Center of Excellence in Teaching at Indiana University South Bend.