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The Devil in the Shape of a Woman: Witchcraft in Colonial New England

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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. In 1662, Ann Cole was "taken with very strange Fits" and fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events in Salem took place. More than three hundred years later the question still haunts us: Why were these and other women likely witches? Why were they vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft? In this work Carol Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society. This work looks at the question of why women were likely witches in the late 1600s. The author reveals the social construction of witchcraft in 17th-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society. "A pioneer work in . . . the sexual structuring of society. This is not just another book about witchcr
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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. In 1662, Ann Cole was "taken with very strange Fits" and fueled an outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Hartford a generation before the notorious events in Salem took place. More than three hundred years later the question still haunts us: Why were these and other women likely witches? Why were they vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft? In this work Carol Karlsen reveals the social construction of witchcraft in seventeenth-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society. This work looks at the question of why women were likely witches in the late 1600s. The author reveals the social construction of witchcraft in 17th-century New England and illuminates the larger contours of gender relations in that society. "A pioneer work in . . . the sexual structuring of society. This is not just another book about witchcraft."--Edmund S. Morgan, Yale University
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AuthorKarlsen, Carol F
PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
Year1998
ISBN9780393317596
BindingPaperback
ConditionVery Good
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