LEADER 04816nam 2200721 450 001 9910777926303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-51096-9 024 7 $a10.7312/stra13836 035 $a(CKB)1000000000772093 035 $a(EBL)3029385 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001081140 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12412712 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001081140 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11071490 035 $a(PQKB)10105294 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3029385 035 $a(DE-B1597)459363 035 $a(OCoLC)979967629 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231510967 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3029385 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10975968 035 $a(OCoLC)923687012 035 $a(PPN)256652171 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000772093 100 $a20141121h20072007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNaming the witch $emagic, ideology, & stereotype in the ancient world /$fKimberly B. Stratton ; designed by Vin Dang 210 1$aNew York ;$aChichester, England :$cColumbia University Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (311 p.) 225 1 $aGender, Theory, & Religion 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-13836-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tOne. Magic, Discourse, and Ideology -- $tTwo. Barbarians, Magic, and Construction of the Other in Athens -- $tThree. Mascula Libido: Women, Sex, and Magic in Roman Rhetoric and Ideology -- $tFour. My Miracle, Your Magic: Heresy, Authority, and Early Christianities -- $tFive. Caution in the Kosher Kitchen: Magic, Identity, and Authority in Rabbinic Literature -- $tEpilogue: Some Thoughts on Gender, Magic, and Stereotyping -- $tNotes -- $tWorks cited -- $tIndex -- $tBackmatter 330 $aKimberly B. Stratton investigates the cultural and ideological motivations behind early imaginings of the magician, the sorceress, and the witch in the ancient world. Accusations of magic could carry the death penalty or, at the very least, marginalize the person or group they targeted. But Stratton moves beyond the popular view of these accusations as mere slander. In her view, representations and accusations of sorcery mirror the complex struggle of ancient societies to define authority, legitimacy, and Otherness.Stratton argues that the concept "magic" first emerged as a discourse in ancient Athens where it operated part and parcel of the struggle to define Greek identity in opposition to the uncivilized "barbarian" following the Persian Wars. The idea of magic then spread throughout the Hellenized world and Rome, reflecting and adapting to political forces, values, and social concerns in each society. Stratton considers the portrayal of witches and magicians in the literature of four related periods and cultures: classical Athens, early imperial Rome, pre-Constantine Christianity, and rabbinic Judaism. She compares patterns in their representations of magic and analyzes the relationship between these stereotypes and the social factors that shaped them.Stratton's comparative approach illuminates the degree to which magic was (and still is) a cultural construct that depended upon and reflected particular social contexts. Unlike most previous studies of magic, which treated the classical world separately from antique Judaism, Naming the Witch highlights the degree to which these ancient cultures shared ideas about power and legitimate authority, even while constructing and deploying those ideas in different ways. The book also interrogates the common association of women with magic, denaturalizing the gendered stereotype in the process. Drawing on Michel Foucault's notion of discourse as well as the work of other contemporary theorists, such as Homi K. Bhabha and Bruce Lincoln, Stratton's bewitching study presents a more nuanced, ideologically sensitive approach to understanding the witch in Western history. 410 0$aGender, theory, and religion. 606 $aMagic, Ancient 606 $aMagic, Roman 606 $aMagic, Greek 606 $aJewish magic 606 $aStereotypes (Social psychology) 615 0$aMagic, Ancient. 615 0$aMagic, Roman. 615 0$aMagic, Greek. 615 0$aJewish magic. 615 0$aStereotypes (Social psychology) 676 $a133.4/3093 686 $aNH 5285$2rvk 700 $aStratton$b Kimberly B.$01509707 702 $aDang$b Vin 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777926303321 996 $aNaming the witch$93741800 997 $aUNINA