{"product_id":"witchcraft","title":"Witchcraft","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Marion Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Simon and Schuster, 2024-10\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;National Bestseller\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;A \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;New Yorker \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;Best Book of 2024\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;A “thought-provoking and timely” (\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, London) global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate a pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;This “inventive and compelling” (\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Times Literary Supplement\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, London) work of social history travels through thirteen witch trials across history, some famous—like the Salem witch trials—and some lesser-known: on Vardø island, Norway, in the 1620s, where an indigenous Sami woman was accused of murder; in France in 1731, during the country’s last witch trial, where a young woman was pitted against her confessor and cult leader; in Lesotho in 1948, where British colonial authorities executed local leaders. Exploring how witchcraft was feared, then decriminalized, and then reimagined as gendered persecution, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Witchcraft\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; takes on the intersections between gender and power, indigenous spirituality and colonial rule, political conspiracy and individual resistance.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; \u0026lt;br\u0026gt; Offering a striking, dramatic journey unspooling over centuries and across continents, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Witchcraft\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; is a “well-rounded insight into some of the strangest and cruelest moments in history” (Buzz Magazine), giving voice to those who have been silenced by history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47085286883497,"sku":"PHBK-9781668002438","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/24242393482781.jpg?v=1779808881","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/witchcraft","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}