Realizing the witch : science, cinema, and the mastery of the invisible.

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Benjamin Christensen's Häxan (The Witch, 1922) stands as a singular film within the history of cinema. Deftly weaving contemporary scientific analysis and powerfully staged historical scenes of satanic initiation, confession under torture, possession, and persecution, Häxan creatively blends...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baxstrom, Richard (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Knowledge Unlatched
Otros Autores: Meyers, Todd (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Colección:Forms of living Realizing the witch
Temas:
Christensen, Benjamin, > 1879-1959.
Christensen, Benjamin, > 1879-1959
Häxan (Motion picture)
Witchcraft > Europe > History.
Witches > Europe.
Sorcellerie > Europe > Histoire.
Sorcières > Europe.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > General.
Witchcraft
Witches
Social Sciences.
Parapsychology & Occult Sciences.
Europe
Electronic books.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Contents
  • Filmography
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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