Realizing the Witch : Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible.

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Realizing the Witch follows the unfolding of Benjamin Christensen's visual narrative in his 1922 film, H#65533;xan (The Witch). Through a close reading of H#65533;xan, Baxstrom and Meyers examine the study of witchcraft from historical and anthropological perspectives, as well as the intersecti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Baxstrom, Richard
Other Authors: Meyers, Todd
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Series:Forms of Living Ser.
Subjects:
Christensen, Benjamin, > 1879-1959.
Christensen, Benjamin, > 1879-1959
Witches > Europe.
Witchcraft > Europe > History.
Sorcières > Europe.
Sorcellerie > Europe > Histoire.
Witchcraft
Witches
Europe
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Half Title
  • Series Announcement Page
  • Frontispiece
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • 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
  • Series Page.

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