The making of Salem
Subtitle: the witch trials in history, fiction and tourism
By: Robin DeRosa.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786439836
Subjects: Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem; Trials (Witchcraft) -- Massachusetts -- Salem; Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- Historiography; Trials (Witchcraft) -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- Historiography; Popular culture -- United States; Salem (Mass.) -- In popular culture
Description: "The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 are a case study in hysteria and group psychology, and the cultural effects still linger centuries later. This critical study examines original trial transcripts, historical accounts, fiction and drama, film and television shows, and tourist sites in contemporary Salem, challenging the process of how history is collected and recorded"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "You seem to act witchcraft" : theatricality and the trial transcripts; title: From shards to meanings : historians make sense of the trials; title: Fiction and the real : novelists rewrite Salem; title: A dramatic tale : Salem on stage and screen; title: Selling the story : from Salem village to witch city.