CHOLLET Mona.
Witches, the undefeated power of women.
The discovery
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| N° d'inventaire | 25589 |
| Format | 140 x 200 mm |
| Détails | 240 p., Paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 240 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782355221224 |
Whether they're selling spellbooks on Etsy, posting photos of their crystal-adorned altars on Instagram, or gathering to cast spells on Donald Trump, witches are everywhere. Even more so than their 1970s predecessors, today's feminists seem haunted by this figure. The witch is both the ultimate victim, the one for whom justice is demanded, and the stubborn, elusive rebel. But who exactly were the women accused of witchcraft in Renaissance Europe? What kinds of women did these centuries of terror censor, eliminate, and repress?
This book explores three of them and examines what remains of them today, in our prejudices and representations: the independent woman - since widows and single women were particularly targeted; the childless woman - since the era of the hunts marked the end of tolerance for those who claimed to control their fertility; and the elderly woman - who became, and has remained since, an object of horror.
Finally, it will also be a question of the vision of the world that the witch hunt served to promote, of the warlike relationship that developed then both with regard to women and nature: a double curse that remains to be lifted.
This book explores three of them and examines what remains of them today, in our prejudices and representations: the independent woman - since widows and single women were particularly targeted; the childless woman - since the era of the hunts marked the end of tolerance for those who claimed to control their fertility; and the elderly woman - who became, and has remained since, an object of horror.
Finally, it will also be a question of the vision of the world that the witch hunt served to promote, of the warlike relationship that developed then both with regard to women and nature: a double curse that remains to be lifted.
This book explores three of them and examines what remains of them today, in our prejudices and representations: the independent woman - since widows and single women were particularly targeted; the childless woman - since the era of the hunts marked the end of tolerance for those who claimed to control their fertility; and the elderly woman - who became, and has remained since, an object of horror.
Finally, it will also be a question of the vision of the world that the witch hunt served to promote, of the warlike relationship that developed then both with regard to women and nature: a double curse that remains to be lifted.