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 b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baxstrom, Richard
Otros Autores: Meyers, Todd
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Colección:Forms of living.
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.
Witchcraft
Witches
Europe
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
  • Evidence, first movement: words and things
  • Evidence, second movement: tableaux and faces
  • The viral character of the witch
  • Demonology
  • Part II: A mobile force in the modern age: 1922
  • Sex, touch, and materiality
  • Possession and ecstasy
  • Hysterias
  • Postscript: it is very hard to believe.

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