Miranda Corcoran, "Witchcraft and Adolescence in American Popular Culture: Teen Witches" (U Wales Press, 2022)
Witchcraft and Adolescence in American Popular Culture:\xa0Teen Witches\xa0(University of Wales Press, 2022) by Miranda Corcoran is a study in teenage witches in twentieth-century American popular culture.\xa0The teenage witch emerged in American fiction in the late twentieth century, quickly becoming a cultural touchstone.\xa0Witchcraft and Adolescence in American Popular Culture\xa0reveals how novels, films, television, and comics about witchy women register shifting attitudes toward adolescent femininity. Drawing on Deleuzian, Foucauldian, and new materialist theories, Miranda Corcoran charts a new feminist history from 1940s bobbysoxer to today, untangling strands of embodiments, agency, and violence.\n\ufeffRebekah Buchanan\xa0is a Professor of English and Director of English Education at Western Illinois University. Her research focuses on feminism, activism, and literacy practices in youth culture, specifically through zines and music.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies