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Witch-Hunts and Persecution - Nightmare Witches

08/19/13 • 19 min

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In the previous four lectures, we considered witch-hunting in various contexts. Now we need to analyze what is going on in these cases. The basic idea is that “society creates the image of the witch, and pins this image down onto particular individuals” (Mayer 1982, p. 61). So what is this image and how can understand it? The image is the nightmare witch who “epitomizes all kinds of evils”. We consider this in relation to the Balinese nightmare witch—Rangda.

Copyright 2013 Nicholas Herriman / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

08/19/13 • 19 min

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