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The Devil in the Shape of a Woman
- Author
- Carol F. Karlsen
- Narrator
- Jo Anna Perrin
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 8 May 2018
- Run Time
- 9 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- History, History of the Americas, Local history, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women and girls, Social, group or collective psychology, Society and culture: general, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, Local history, Anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women and girls, History of the Americas, History of the Americas, Psychology, Social discrimination and equal treatment, Violence and abuse in society
What to expect
More than three hundred years later, the question "Why?" still haunts us. Why were these and other women likely witches—vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft and possession? Carol F. Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society.
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- Author
- Carol F. Karlsen
- Narrator
- Jo Anna Perrin
- Duration
- 9 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 May 2018
- ISBN
- 9781977373366
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- History, History of the Americas, Local history, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women and girls, Social, group or collective psychology, Society and culture: general, Regional / International studies, History of the Americas, Local history, Anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology, Gender studies: women and girls, History of the Americas, History of the Americas, Psychology, Social discrimination and equal treatment, Violence and abuse in society
Synopsis
Confessing to "familiarity with the devils," Mary Johnson, a servant, was executed by Connecticut officials in 1648. A wealthy Boston widow, Ann Hibbens was hanged in 1656 for casting spells on her neighbors. The case of Ann Cole, who was "taken with very strange Fits," fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events at Salem.More than three hundred years later, the question "Why?" still haunts us. Why were these and other women likely witches—vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft and possession? Carol F. Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society.
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