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The New Generation Witches

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Teenage Witchcraft in Contemporary Culture

The New Generation Witches

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The New Generation Witches book

Teenage Witchcraft in Contemporary Culture
ByPeg Aloi, Hannah E. Johnston
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2007
eBook Published 14 March 2016
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315555164
Pages 192
eBook ISBN 9781315555164
Subjects Area Studies, Humanities, Social Sciences
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Aloi, P. (2007). The New Generation Witches: Teenage Witchcraft in Contemporary Culture (H.E. Johnston, Ed.) (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315555164

ABSTRACT

From the shelves of mainstream bookstores and the pages of teen magazines, to popular films and television series, contemporary culture at the turn of the twenty-first century has been fascinated with teenage identity and the presence of magic and the occult. Alongside this profusion of products and representations, a global network of teenage Witches has emerged on the margins of adult neopagan Witchcraft communities, identifying themselves through various spiritual practices, consumption patterns and lifestyle choices. The New Generation Witches is the first published anthology to investigate the recent rise of the teenage Witchcraft phenomenon in both Britain and North America. Scholars from Theology, Cultural Studies, Sociology, History and Media Studies, along with neopagan commentators outside of the academy, come together to investigate the experiences of thousands of adolescents constructing an enabling, magical identity through a distinctive practice of Witchcraft. The contributors discuss key areas of interest, inspiration and development within the teen Witch communities from the mid 1990s onward, including teenage Witches' magical practices and beliefs, gender politics, the formation and identification of communities, forums and modes of expression, media representation and new media outlets. Demonstrating the diversification and expansion of neopaganism in the twenty-first century, this anthology makes an exciting contribution to the field of Neopagan Studies and contemporary youth cultures.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |10 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part 1 Histories and Reflections of Contemporary Teenage Witchcraft

chapter 1|12 pages

The Pagan Explosion: An overview of select census and survey data

chapter 2|16 pages

The Perennial Teen Witch: A discussion of teenage interest in modern pagan Witchcraft

chapter 3|16 pages

Becoming a Witch: Changing paths of conversion in contemporary Witchcraft

chapter 4|16 pages

The Discovery of Witchcraft: An exploration of the changing face of Witchcraft through contemporary interview and personal reflection

chapter 5|10 pages

Minor Arcana and the Inclusion of Adolescent Psycho-spirituality within the British Pagan Community

part |2 pages

Part 2 Teenage Voices: Accounts from the Field

chapter 6|4 pages

Becoming a Witch: My story

chapter 7|6 pages

Oreos, Orishas, and Others: A personal account of being a teenage Witch

part |2 pages

Part 3 Texts, Influences and Practices

chapter 8|16 pages

Vanquishing the Victim: Discourses of dis/empowerment in 1990s teenage Witchcraft

chapter 9|16 pages

A Charming Spell: The intentional and unintentional influence of popular media upon teenage Witchcraft in America

chapter 10|10 pages

Teen Witchcraft and Silver RavenWolf: The Internet and its impact on community opinion

chapter 11|22 pages

Wise Young Women: Beliefs, values and influences in the adoption of Witchcraft by teenage girls in England

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