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EAN : 9782355221224
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 240
Size : 140 x 205 mm
WITCHES

Collection : ZONES
Release date : 13/09/2018
Be afraid, be very afraid, the witches are returning! to paraphrase a 1970s feminist slogan. Mona Chollet maintains that, in spite of the repugnant image – a misogynistic representation inherited from the trials and burning at the stake during the great witch hunts of the Renaissance – witches can, nevertheless,... Be afraid, be very afraid, the witches are returning! to paraphrase a 1970s feminist slogan. Mona Chollet maintains that, in spite of the repugnant image – a misogynistic representation inherited from the trials and burning at the stake during the great witch hunts of the Renaissance – witches can, nevertheless, serve as an example of positive power for the women of today. A power freed from every kind of domination.
This book explores three witch hunting archetypes and examines what remains of them today in our prejudices and representations:  independent women – widows and single women were particular targets; childless women – the era of witch hunting marked the end of tolerance for those who claimed to be in control of their fertility; and old women – became and have since remained an object of horror.

 
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EAN : 9782355221224
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 240
Size : 140 x 205 mm
La Découverte