Something wicked : witchcraft in movies, television, and popular culture

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"An anthology that deals with Witchcraft and the Witch as presented in motion pictures, television, and popular culture, in order to understand how, why, and when the common anti-Witchcraft/ anti-W...

"An anthology that deals with Witchcraft and the Witch as presented in motion pictures, television, and popular culture, in order to understand how, why, and when the common anti-Witchcraft/ anti-Witch attitude evolved. This collection discusses the Biblical figure of Lilith and Morgan le Fey from Arthurian legend/ myth before moving to contemporary depictions of the Witch, including in Bewitched, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Scooby-Doo, Game of Thrones; international depictions in Argento's films, Suspiria and Inferno; and from the Disney studio, where we discover the most fair and balanced portraits of Witches in the history of film and TV"--

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