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Black Magic Woman - Gender and the Occult in Weimar Germany (Paperback, New edition)
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Black Magic Woman - Gender and the Occult in Weimar Germany (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Women, Gender and Sexuality in German Literature and Culture, 23
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This book is a study of women's involvement in occult practices in
Weimar Germany. Women during the Weimar period experienced an
unprecedented level of liberation. This included a greatly
increased role in the work force as well as participation in other
realms that were traditionally the province of men. They were also
given the liberty to be more outwardly sexualized. Women engaging
in occult practices during this period present an interesting
example of the liberated woman. The occult woman reversed all
traditional gender roles by the pretense of possessing powers that
threatened male dominance. The book investigates the significance
of the occult in the Weimar period by drawing on popular,
scientific, and legal writings of women's involvement in the
occult. In addition to examining reports of women engaging in
actual occult practices (expressive dance, mediumism, and
witchcraft), this book also considers various fictional depictions
of women as demonic or as possessing supernatural powers (ghosts,
vampires, and monsters). The author contends that both actual
practices, as well as fictional depictions, constructed an
imaginary female identity as a dangerous and grotesque monster.
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