Realizing the witch : science, cinema, and the mastery of the invisible / Richard Baxstrom and Todd Meyers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baxstrom, Richard, author.

Meyers, Todd, author.

Series:

Forms of living.

Forms of living

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christensen, Benjamin, 1879-1959.

Christensen, Benjamin.

Häxan (Motion picture).

Witchcraft--Witchcraft--History.

Witchcraft.

Witches--Europe.

Witches.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Realizing the Witch follows the unfolding of Benjamin Christensen's visual narrative in his 1922 film, Häxan (The Witch). Through a close reading of Häxan, Baxstrom and Meyers examine the study of witchcraft from historical and anthropological perspectives, as well as the intersection of popular culture, artistic expression and scientific ideas.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Introduction: What Is Häxan?; Part I. The Realization of the Witch; The Witch in the Human Sciences and the Mastery of Nonsense; 1. Evidence, First Movement: Words and Things; 2. Evidence, Second Movement: Tableaux and Faces; 3. The Viral Character of the Witch; 4. Demonology; Part II. A Mobile Force in the Modern Age; 1922; 5. Sex, Touch, and Materiality; 6. Possession and Ecstasy; 7. Hysterias; Postscript: It Is Very Hard to Believe . . .; Acknowledgments; Notes; Benjamin Christensen's Cited Source Material; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K

LM; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8232-6827-6