Barbara Rieti

Making Witches (eBook, ePUB)

Newfoundland Traditions of Spells and Counterspells

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing from her own interviews and a wealth of material from the Memorial University Folklore and Language Archive, Barbara Rieti explores the range and depth of Newfoundland witch tradition, looking at why certain people acquired reputations as witches, and why others considered themselves bewitched. The tales that emerge - despite their seemingly fantastic elements of spells and black heart books, hags, and healing charms - concern everyday affairs and reveal the intense social interdependence central to outport life. Frequently featuring women, they provide fascinating new perspectives on female coping strategies in a volatile economy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: MQUP
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780773577930
• Artikelnr.: 41460852

Autorenporträt

Barbara Rieti's Strange Terrain: The Fairy World in Newfoundland, won the Raymond Klibansky Book Prize awarded by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities. An independent researcher, Rieti holds an MA in folklore from the University of California at Berkeley and a PhD in folklore from Memorial University.