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A broadly interdisciplinary study of the pervasive secrecy in America cultural, political, and religious discourse. The occult has traditionally been understood as the study of secrets of the practice of mysticism or magic. This book broadens our understanding of the occult by treating it as a rhetorical phenomenon tied to language and symbols and more central to American culture than is commonly assumed. Joshua Gunn approaches the occult as an idiom, examining the ways in which acts of textual criticism and interpretation are occultic in nature, as evident in prac

Language and languages. --- Mass media. --- Mass media -- History -- 20th century. --- Occultism -- History -- 20th century. --- Occultism - Social aspects. --- Popular culture - History - 20th century. --- Popular culture -- History -- 20th century. --- Occultism --- Mass media --- Popular culture --- Social Sciences --- Parapsychology & Occult Sciences --- Mass communication --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Communication --- Art, Black (Magic) --- Arts, Black (Magic) --- Black art (Magic) --- Black arts (Magic) --- Occult, The --- Occult sciences --- Supernatural --- New Age movement --- Parapsychology --- History