This is the first ever full book on the subject of male witches addressing incidents of witch-hunting in both Britain and Europe. Uses feminist categories of gender analysis to critique the feminist agenda that mars many studies. Advances a more bal. Critiques historians' assumptions about witch-hunting; challenging the marginalisation of male witches by feminist and other historians. Shows that large numbers of men were accused of witchcraft in their own right; in some regions; more men were accused than women. It uses feminist categories of gender analysis to challenge recent arguments and current orthodoxies providing a more balanced and complex view of witch-hunting and ideas about witches in their gendered forms than has hitherto been available.
#51953 in Books imusti 2015-09-28Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 11.75 x 1.50 x 10.25l; .0 #File Name: 0714869449352 pagesPHAIDON PRESS
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53 of 57 people found the following review helpful. Disappointing ReproductionsBy California ProfI was quite disappointed. The maps are not only so much reduced as to be mostly illegible; but the reproductions are mediocre; using a relatively coarse half-tone screen and less than vibrant colors. Why reviewers have not noted these limitations is a mystery. Phaidon could and should have done much better -- especially given the Introduction's claim that "this book puts the emphasis back on the experience of viewing rather than of describing. The accompanying photo shows an enlargement of a typical square inch of a reproduction.Compare; e.g.; MoMA's *The Printed Picture* by Richard Benson (2008); whose illustrations are superbly reproduced (even viewed with a powerful loupe the screen is so fine as to be virtually undetectable) and with thumbnail enlargements of small sections in the case of reproductions that had to be much reduced.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Gorgeous maps from 1500 BC to 2015; everything you can imagine conveyed visuallyBy CustomerThis is one of the most beautiful map books I've ever seen. It has a nice selection of maps; including a city map of Nappur in Ancient Egypt from 1500 BC; a 1733 map of Jerusalem; a Roman road map from 300; a nightclub map of Harlem from 1932; Hernan Cortes' map of Tenochtitlan from 1524 (nothing like a conqueror's map in there); Ptolemy's world map from 1482; maps of Palestine over the years showing the shrinkage in the land they occupied; a topographical ocean floor map showing all the ridges and tectonic plates; a Roman street map from 203; a selenographic map of the moon from 1707; a map of the resources of Australia from 2012; and the famous Hollywood stars map that Don Boggs distributed in 1937. There are ancient maps; new maps; population maps; wind direction maps; constellation maps; siege maps; survival maps; and a dozen other kinds of maps. We live in a visual society and this book reminds me of how much easier it is to convey information visually than it is to say it in words. The Palestinian map left me speechless.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Totally not worth the money!By Eleanor RoseI'm a map freak - love maps. That said; this book was a complete disappointment. The maps are printed so small that you cannot read them without a magnifying glass AND in bright light. I do not expect to pay this for a book and have these problems with it. If I could leave no stars; I would. Don't waste your money on this one - totally not worth it.
