Black Magic Woman

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Focusing on women's roles in occult practices during Weimar Germany, this study explores both real-life involvement in activities like expressive dance, mediumism, and witchcraft, as well as fictional portrayals of women as supernatural beings such as ghosts, vampires, and demons. It delves into the cultural and social implications of these representations, highlighting the intersection of gender and the occult in a transformative period of German history.