02394nam 2200493 450 99647897150331620230808194113.00-8232-6827-6(CKB)3710000000747369(EBL)4705928(MiAaPQ)EBC4803957(MiAaPQ)EBC4705928(EXLCZ)99371000000074736920161013h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierRealizing the witch science, cinema, and the mastery of the invisible /Richard Baxstrom and Todd MeyersNew York :Fordham University Press,2016.©20161 online resource (297 p.)Forms of livingDescription based upon print version of record.Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.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; KLM; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZRealizing 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.Forms of living.WitchcraftWitchcraftHistoryWitchesEuropeWitchcraftHistory.Witches133.4309Baxstrom Richard873269Meyers ToddMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996478971503316Realizing the witch1949485UNISA