SALEM EPISODE 1: Introduction
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Salem and Witchcraft in Modern Culture
Professor of renaissance and magical literatures, marian gibson told me that salem gets re invented in modern culture. He says we can lose sight of the real trials in our eagerness to use salem as a neat analogy for current issues. In this series, we'll try to get past all those modern myths to get a better sense of the time and place of Salem. Consider how the conditions specific to new england in 16 92 could have led to 19 people being hanged for supernatural acts.
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