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Summary:
Tituba, a young house servant from the West Indies, allegedly influenced and encouraged occult activities among teenage girls in 17th century Massachusetts, which led to the infamous witch hunts of Salem. This book offers "an imaginative reconstruction of what might have been Tituba's past".--TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT. "A valuable probe of how myths can feed hysteria".--THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD. 15 photos .
Customer Reviews:
Average Customer Rating:
A worthwhile read
Customer Rating:
An interesting, complex and scholarly analysis of Tituba's role in the Salem Witch Trials. Breslaw writes well but has a tendency to try to reinforce her points through repetition -- often at great length -- rather than the presentation of supporting information. She also sometimes presents speculation as fact, without sufficient documentation to support such an approach. Overall, however, the book is quite readable and informative. The appendices are extremely valuable, and the book would benefit from the addition of an appendix addressing the presentation of Tituba in literature, particularly as many readers will first come into contact with her via Arthur Miller's play The Crucible.
Forced to read it for college credit
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Parts of it were redundant. It was slow reading, but it was loaded with facts that were helpful in the course I had to take. It is not a topic I am personally interested in, but for those who are, it is probably a good read.
an *interesting* historical text
Customer Rating:
This text retells the story we think we know about Tituba of Salem-- you know, the black slave woman who got all that trouble started with her voodoo-esque witchery... this book traces the historical evidence for Tituba actually being a Native American, and the path she would have taken to get to Salem at the time, as well as the story of what happened after she was swept up in the drama of the Puritans' search for the devil in the New World. It's a well-written historical account that is academic, but not so academic that those who are studying this period for fun will be alienated.
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