{"product_id":"9781780377193-constructing-a-witch","title":"Constructing a Witch","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHelen Ivory’s collection Constructing a Witch fixes on the monstering and the scapegoating of women and on the fear of ageing femininity. These bewitching poems explore the witch archetype and the witch as human woman. With ten collage illustrations by Helen Ivory. Poetry Book Society Recommendation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the Devil being conceived to direct human baseness away from our goodly selves, there has always been sin in the world. The Bible has it that woman is the weaker vessel, therefore her inferior ways could easily let the Devil into the house, and into her oh so corruptible body – and thus the story begins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHelen Ivory’s new collection \u003cem\u003eConstructing a Witch\u003c\/em\u003e fixes on the monstering and the scapegoating of women and on the fear of ageing femininity. The witch appears as the barren, child-eating hag; she is a lustful seductress luring men to a path of corruption; she is a powerful or cantankerous woman whose cursing must be silenced by force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese bewitching poems explore the witch archetype and the witch as human woman. They examine the nature of superstition and the necessity of magic and counter-magic to gain a fingerhold of agency, when life is chaotic and fragile. In the poems of \u003cem\u003eConstructing a Witch\u003c\/em\u003e Helen Ivory investigates witch tourism, the witch as outsider, cultural representations of the witch, female power and disempowerment, the menopause, and how the female body has been used and misunderstood for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePoetry Book Society Recommendation. With ten collage illustrations by Helen Ivory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53538315403638,"sku":"9781780377193","price":9.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31454659.jpg?v=1732722150","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781780377193-constructing-a-witch","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}