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9%OFFRichard Baxstrom - Realizing the Witch: Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible - 9780823268252 - V9780823268252
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Realizing the Witch: Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible

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Description for Realizing the Witch: Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible Paperback. Realizing the Witch follows the unfolding of Benjamin Christensen's visual narrative in his 1922 film, Haxan (The Witch). Through a close reading of Haxan, 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. Series: Forms of Living. Num Pages: 296 pages, 64 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; JFHF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 432.

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 spectacle and argument to provoke a humanist re-evaluation of witchcraft in European history as well as the contemporary treatment of female “hysterics” and the mentally ill.
In Realizing the Witch, Baxstrom and Meyers show how Häxan opens a window onto wider debates in the 1920s regarding the relationship of film to scientific evidence, the evolving study of religion from historical and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Forms of Living
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823268252
SKU
V9780823268252
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Ref
99-1

About Richard Baxstrom
Todd Meyers is Associate Professor of Anthropology at New York University-Shanghai. He is the author of The Clinic and Elsewhere: Addiction, Adolescents, and the Afterlife of Therapy.

Reviews for Realizing the Witch: Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible
"Benjamin Christensen's 1922 film Haxan is well known for some of the wrong reasons. Realizing the Witch rescues Haxan from the sensationalist prurience of the entertainment market, and subjects it to careful historical scrutiny and a lively close reading that exploits the resources of film history and theory. The authors explore Christensen's use of his contemporaries' research into witchcraft, psychology, ... Read more

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