Witch PowerEmma QuiltyLabel: Polity PressDescription: When most people hear the word 'witch' they immediately think of crones conspiring over a cauldron a force of dark and vindictive power. But to hundreds of thousands across the world being a witch is a living everyday reality much more varied than the fairytale image.Witch Power follows Emma Quilty – herself a witch and an anthropologist – on an immersive journey into contemporary witchcraft from Witchcamp retreats to 'red tent' menstrual events Voodoo priestesses running ghost tours from their vans to TikTokers casting hexes on a viral scale.Attentive to the history of witchcraft she reveals the role power plays in how the figure of the witch has changed over time to suit the ever-present need to control and demonize women. Because to be a witch is to live in defiance of society's expectations and rules.But while the witch is always castigated as a threat Quilty finds that the witch is never alone: the witch is a survivor and a symbol of resistance. Ultimately Witch Power is a provocation and an invitation to readers to experience with the author what it means to embrace witchiness and what witchy feminism could bring to your life.Now available as an audiobook.
