Witchcraft Studies from the Perspective of Women’s and Gender History: A Report on Recent Research

Claudia Opitz−Belakhal

doi:10.1353/mrw.0.0127

June 1, 2009Magic, ritual, and witchcraft

Witchcraft Studies from the Perspective of Women’s and Gender History: A Report on Recent Research

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The aim is to explore how women's studies and gender history impact research on witchcraft.
Reviewed developments in women's studies and history since the 1970s.
Analyzed gender dynamics in witchcraft scholarship while considering the role of masculinity.
Identified significant shifts in witchcraft studies due to women's history.
Highlighted the increasing focus on masculinity's historical construction in relation to witchcraft.

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Essay examines the influence of women's studies on witchcraft scholarship, emphasizing gender dynamics in history.

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This essay examines how the rise of women's studies and women's history in academia since the 1970s has influenced research on witchcraft and witch hunting. It also examines how more recent developments in gender history, including serious attention to the historical construction of masculinity, has affected scholarship on witchcraft.

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