Making Witches: Newfoundland Traditions of Spells and Counterspells - Couverture rigide

Rieti, Barbara

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0773533605 ISBN 13 : 9780773533608

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2008

Synopsis

There is a little-known tradition of witch lore in Newfoundland culture. Those believed to have the power to influence the fortunes of others are not mythological characters but neighbours, relations, or even friends. Drawing from her own interviews and a wealth of material from the Memorial University Folklore and Language Archive, Barbara Rieti explores the range and depth of Newfoundland witch tradition, looking at why certain people acquired reputations as witches, and why others considered themselves bewitched. The tales that emerge - despite their seemingly fantastic elements of spells and black heart books, hags, and healing charms - concern everyday affairs and reveal the intense social interdependence central to outport life. Frequently featuring women, they provide fascinating new perspectives on female coping strategies in a volatile economy. By addressing the perennial human issues at the heart of witchcraft - construction of enmity and intertwined fate - these narrative accounts also illuminate older witch beliefs revealed in witchcraft trial documents. Making Witches shows that in storytelling communities with a rich legacy of witch lore, witch tradition has endured well into the twentieth century.

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À propos de l'auteur

Barbara Rieti's Strange Terrain: The Fairy World in Newfoundland, won the Raymond Klibansky Book Prize awarded by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities. An independent researcher, Rieti holds an MA in folklore from the University of California at Ber

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0773533605
• ISBN 13: 9780773533608
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
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