Lights, Camera, Witchcraft: A Critical History of Witches in American Film… - Heather Greene Audiobook

Written by Heather Greene
Read by Eva Wilhelm
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Lights, Camera, Witchcraft: A Critical History of Witches in American Film and Television

Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
Publisher: 2021 Tantor

No industry has been as influential at shaping the popular notion of what it means to be a witch quite as much as Hollywood. This book traces the fascinating history of witchcraft and witches in American film and television. From Joan the Woman and The Wizard of Oz to Carrie and Charmed, author and film scholar Heather Greene explores how these films helped influence the public image of the witch and profoundly influenced how women negotiate their power in a patriarchal society.

Lights, Camera, Witchcraft uncovers fascinating insights into the intersection of entertainment, critical theory, gender studies, and spirituality.

“Greene analyzes the archetypes and story arcs of cinematic witches through twelve historical periods, beginning with early American cinema with historical adaptations and fantasy. The Witch (1908) was loosely based on an episode in Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, about a European witch trial. The first versions of Joan of Arc in Joan the Woman (1916) and the Salem witch trials (notably Rose O’ Salem-Town (1909)) appeared; and fantasy like a filmed stage production of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) were featured. Sadly, many of these films have not survived.”—goodreads

Lights, Camera, Witchcraft is a not a light read. Ebook included.

Note—-This is NOT the same Heather Greene who wrote the book on whiskey.