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Brummitt, Mark [Contributor]; Gager, John G. [Contributor]; Hammond, Nicholas [Contributor]; Katz, David S. [Contributor]; Mahon, Alyce [Contributor]; Meggitt, Justin [Contributor]; Melzer, Sara E. [Contributor]; Walters, Ronald G. [Contributor]; Wes, David [Contributor]; Wygant, Amy [Contributor]; Wygant, Amy [Editor]

The Meanings of Magic

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: The Meanings of Magic : From the Bible to Buffalo Bill
  • Contains: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION: MAGIC, GLAMOUR, CURSES -- PART I MAGIC AND GOD -- CHAPTER 1 MAGIC AND THE MILLENNIUM -- CHAPTER 2 SHOWMAN OR SHAMAN? THE ACTS OF A BIBLICAL PROPHET -- CHAPTER 3 CURSE TABLETS AND BINDING SPELLS IN THE GRECO-ROMAN WORLD -- CHAPTER 4 MAGIC, HEALING AND EARLY CHRISTIANITY: CONSUMPTION AND COMPETITION -- PART II MAGIC, CULTURE, SCIENCE -- CHAPTER 5 ALL THE DEVILS: PORT-ROYAL AND PEDAGOGY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE -- CHAPTER 6 THE MAGIC OF FRENCH CULTURE: TRANSFORMING ‘SAVAGES’ INTO FRENCH CATHOLICS IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY FRANCE -- CHAPTER 7 A MAGUS OF THE NORTH? PROFESSOR JOHN FERGUSON AND HIS LIBRARY -- CHAPTER 8 THE GOLDEN FLEECE AND HARRY POTTER -- CHAPTER 9 COWBOYS AND MAGICIANS: BUFFALO BILL, HOUDINI AND REAL MAGIC -- CHAPTER 10 THE SEARCH FOR A NEW DIMENSION: SURREALISM AND MAGIC -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX
  • Contributor: Brummitt, Mark [Contributor]; Gager, John G. [Contributor]; Hammond, Nicholas [Contributor]; Katz, David S. [Contributor]; Mahon, Alyce [Contributor]; Meggitt, Justin [Contributor]; Melzer, Sara E. [Contributor]; Walters, Ronald G. [Contributor]; Wes, David [Contributor]; Wygant, Amy [Contributor]; Wygant, Amy [Editor]
  • Published: New York; Oxford: Berghahn Books, [2006]
  • Published in: Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections ; 11
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (252 p.)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1515/9781800734128
  • ISBN: 9781800734128
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  • Keywords: Magic Religious aspects Christianity ; Magic ; Popular culture ; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
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  • Footnote: In English
  • Description: The notion of "magic" is a current popular culture phenomenon. Harry Potter, the Lord of the Rings, the commercial glamour of the footballer and the pop idol surround us with their charisma, enchantment, and charm. But magic also exerts a terrifying political hold upon us: bin Laden's alleged March 28 e-mail message spoke of the attacks on America in form of "crushing its towers, disgracing its arrogance, undoing its magic." The nine scholars included in this volume consider the cultural power of magic, from early Christianity and the ancient Mediterranean to the curious film career of Buffalo Bill, focusing on topics such as Surrealism, France in the classical age, alchemy, and American fundamentalism, ranging from popular to elite magic, from theory to practice, from demonology to exoticism, from the magic of memory to the magic of the stage. As these essays show, magic defines the limit of both science and religion but as such remains indefinable
  • Access State: Restricted Access | Information to licenced electronic resources of the SLUB