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Flying Saucers and Multiple Realities: A Case Study in Phenomenological Theory
Author(s) -
Stupple David,
Dashti Abdollah
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
the journal of popular culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1540-5931
pISSN - 0022-3840
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1977.00479.x
Subject(s) - citation , sociology , library science , media studies , history , art history , computer science
his essay describes a study ofthe Saucerian Press, a small mail order firm that publishes and sells books to hobbyists interested in flying T saucers. The study is part of a series of research projects designed to trace the social history of the flying saucer movement. The Saucerian Press is of particular interest because (1) it has been responsible for the elaboration of folkore’ about flying saucers, and (2) it functions a s a clearing house of information for flying saucer hobbyists.