| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 276 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Worlds of women ; 4
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Worlds of women ; 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The economic basis of witchcraft / Carol F. Karlsen -- Female speech and other demons: witchcraft and wordcraft in early New England / Jane Kamensky -- Gender and the meanings of confession in early New England / Elizabeth Reis -- Dark Eve / Bernard Rosenthal -- "The Devil will roar in me anon": the possession of Martha Roberson, Boston, 1741 / Kenneth P. Minkema -- Seneca possessed: colonialism, witchcraft, and gender in the time of Handsome Lake / Matthew Dennis -- Sojourner Truth's religion in her moment of Pentecostalism and witchcraft / Nell Irvin Painter -- "Hoodoo? God do"? African American women and contested spirituality in the spiritual churches of New Orleans / David C. Estes -- Red lilac of the Cayugas: traditional Indian laws and culture conflict in a witchcraft trial in Buffalo, New York, 1930 / Sidney L. Harring -- Witchcraft as Goddess religion / Starhawk -- Affinities and appropriations in feminist spirituality / Cynthia Eller -- In whose image? misogynist trends in the construction of Goddess and woman / Linda Jencson. |
| Summary |
Spellbound: Women and Witchcraft in America is a collection of twelve articles that revisit crucial events in the history of witchcraft and spiritual feminism in this country. Beginning with the "witches" of colonial America, Spellbound extends its focus through the nineteenth century to explore women's involvement with alternative spiritualities, and culminates with examinations of the contemporary feminist neopagan and Goddess movements. |
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A valuable source for those interested in women's history, women's studies, and religious history, Spellbound is also a crucial addition to the bookshelf of anyone tracing the evolution of spiritualism in America. |
| Access |
Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Subject |
Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History.
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Witchcraft. |
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Massachusetts -- Salem. |
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History. |
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Witchcraft -- History.
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Women -- United States -- History.
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Women. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Reis, Elizabeth, 1958-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spellbound. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1998 (DLC) 97049092 (OCoLC)38016638 |
| ISBN |
1461642566 (electronic book) |
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9781461642565 (electronic book) |
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0842025766 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780842025768 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0842025774 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780842025775 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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