Salem Witch Trials: Hysteria, Broomsticks, and Genealogy
A special issue of Genealogy (ISSN 2313-5778).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 February 2020) | Viewed by 622
Special Issue Editor
Interests: family history; family narrative; feminist theory; genealogy studies; communication; narrative; identity; autoethnography; ethnography
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Genealogy is now accepting submissions for a Special Issue on the theme, “Salem Witch Trials: Hysteria, Broomsticks, and Genealogy.” Focused on the 1692 Village of Salem (Massachusetts) Witch Trials, this issue invites essays from scholars employing genealogy as a methodology and model of theoretical inquiry representing a wide range of disciplines, from the humanities and social sciences (including philosophy, geography, urban studies, and cultural theory.) Broadly conceived, the editorial team is interested in articles which examine all genealogical aspects of the Salem Witch Trials.
Some of the topics that would be appropriate for this special issue include but are not limited to:
- How the Salem Witch Trials caused or impacted:
- Cultural oppression
- Gender performance
- Racial or ethnic identity and/or performance
- Removal from land or seizure of property
- Prosecution, incarceration, and death penalty
- Economic or political exploitation
- Outcomes of the Salem Witch Trials, including but not limited to:
- Community spaces
- Religious
- Political
- Community-based initiatives and practices
- Artistic (or other) expression
- Education
- Legal
- Spiritual
- Emotional
- Physical
Dr. Amy M. Smith
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Witch
- Witch Trials
- Hysteria
- community-based
- gender performance
- racial/ethnic performance
- incarceration
- religion
- cultural oppression
- American Colonial
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