Consumer witchcraft: are teenage witches a creation of commercial interests?

The production of books, magazines, kits, films, TV programmes and Internet sites aimed at teenagers, especially girls, on witchcraft, Wicca and related topics, has been a growth industry of the late 1990s and 2000s. This article examines whether Ezzy’s distinction between ‘traditional witchcraft’,...

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Main Author: Cush, Denise (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2007
In: Journal of beliefs and values
Year: 2007, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 45-53
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