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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:06 pm
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Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 9:38 pm
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 10:06 am
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:51 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 4:02 am
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 1:42 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 6:15 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 7:53 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 9:22 pm
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Strega Mama Illiezeulette Witching Culture: Folklore and Neo-Paganism in America by Sabina Magliocco. Academic book, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. A good read for those of you who are sensitive about the appropriate use of the term "Wicca," though it does not directly address that issue. I used it heavily in one of my theses. I <3 Magliocco so much. I'm currently going through her academic papers on the Strega in America. (I also find it hilarious how Grimassi tries to talk trash about her on his page because she called him out on his BS. /tangent)
There are a few points that worry me; I fear that she is too much of an insider to distance herself enough from her work. For example, she attempts to totally and forcibly redefine academic ethnography as an act of magic. I mean, it's fine if that's her opinion, but I'm sure some academics do NOT want to be randomly labeled something they would take issue with. She also claims that she MUST experience ecstasy in ritual for herself in order to grasp its importance... not sure exactly why you can't just interview a bunch of Pagans and say, "ecstasy in ritual is important to many Neo-Pagan rituals, and here's why" without revealing anything oathbound or personal.
Other than that, a lot of her information is really useful.
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:40 am
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:22 am
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Strega Mama Illiezeulette There are a few points that worry me; I fear that she is too much of an insider to distance herself enough from her work. For example, she attempts to totally and forcibly redefine academic ethnography as an act of magic. I mean, it's fine if that's her opinion, but I'm sure some academics do NOT want to be randomly labeled something they would take issue with. She also claims that she MUST experience ecstasy in ritual for herself in order to grasp its importance... not sure exactly why you can't just interview a bunch of Pagans and say, "ecstasy in ritual is important to many Neo-Pagan rituals, and here's why" without revealing anything oathbound or personal. Other than that, a lot of her information is really useful. That's very interesting, I had not realized she was doing that, i might have to look more into that if i get some free time
It's all over the introduction in Witching Culture.
Edit: I'll cite a quote after I'm done wrapping up my thesis, which I am sending in today. (:
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Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 2:09 pm
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