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T1 Rewriting the Witch in Alix E. Harrow’s The Once and Future Witches
A1 Muñiz Sirgo, Alicia
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Feminism
K1 Postmodernism
K1 Witch
K1 Patriarchy
K1 History
K1 Feminismo
K1 Postmodernismo
K1 Bruja
K1 Patriarcado
K1 Historia
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB This undergraduate dissertation contributes to the existing scholarship about witches by exploring the intricate and myriad representations of the symbol over time, concretely, from its origin in the Early Modern Period to its revalorization in the present time. In addition, certain identities of the witch are analyzed: as a monster, as a girl, as a mother, as an old hag, as an herbalist-healer-midwife witch, queer and black. The focus of the research is Alix E. Harrow‘s postmodernist novel The Once and Future Witches. In it, the figure of the witch, affected by the shattered postmodern actuality, is reappropriated as a signifier of feminism. However, this study also reflects on the potential contradictions derived from its imitation of the shifting tendencies of the movement. The key findings demonstrate the advancement of the feminist agenda of the novel, although pointing simultaneously to regressive and patriarchal ideologies that are difficult to detach from the figure.
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/72104
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/72104
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 03-dic-2024