Marion Gibson

Witchcraft Myths in American Culture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An examination of how Americans think about and write about witches, from the 'real' witches tried and sometimes executed in early New England to modern re-imaginings of witches as pagan priestesses, comic-strip heroines and feminist icons. This book offers a re-reading of the original documents describing witchcraft prosecutions from 1640-1700.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780415979771
• ISBN-10: 0415979773
• Artikelnr.: 23239290

Autorenporträt

Marion Gibson is Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter's Cornwall Campus. Her previous books include Reading Witchcraft (Routledge, 1999), Early Modern Witches (Routledge, 2000) and Possession, Puritanism and Print (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. E Pluribus Unum? (Looks at the Role That Stories of
Witchcraft and Magic Played American State-Building) 2. 'Our Town' (Each
Town Dealt with Witches its Own Way and Local Micro-Politics Were Involved
in Determining the Course of Events) 3. 'There's a Little Witch in Every
Woman' (From the Political Consideration of Witchcraft to the Personal -
The Gendered and Sexual Aspects of Being a Witch) 4. 'We Will Not Fly
Silently into the Night' (Examines the Re-Imagining of Witchcraft as
Religion (Wicca), One That is Often Seen as Empowering Women and Helping
Reverse the Demonization That Condemned Many in the Colonial Period) 5.
Witches in the Family (Explores the Positive Portrayals of Witches in
Recent American Culture (Harry Potter, Sabrina the Teenaged Witch)).
Conclusion