Magic, Body and the Self in Eighteenth-Century Sweden
Biographical note
Jacqueline Van Gent, PhD (1999) in History, University of Western Australia, is a lecturer in History and Women’s Studies at the University of Western Australia.
Readership
All those interested in early modern European cultural and social history, the history of the body, European magic and witchcraft, historical concepts of personhood, Enlightenment, early modern Scandinavia.
Reviews
"A solid contribution to our understanding of witchcraft and magic in European folk culture" [...] "intriguing and very useful". David Elton Gay, Indiana University. In: Journal of Folklore Research , January 19, 2010.
Table of contents
Introduction
1. Honour and Social Control in Witchcraft Trials
2. The Fluid Self
3. Magic and the Body
4. Healing as Counter-Magic
5. The Ambiguity of Magic
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
1. Honour and Social Control in Witchcraft Trials
2. The Fluid Self
3. Magic and the Body
4. Healing as Counter-Magic
5. The Ambiguity of Magic
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
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