From Fairy to Witch: Imagery and Myth on the Azaria Case

Johnson, D

From Fairy to Witch: Imagery and Myth on the Azaria Case

Johnson, D

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Publisher:: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: The Chamberlain Case: Nation, Law, Memory, 2009, 1, pp. 7 - 20
Issue Date:: 2009-01

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dc.contributor.author	Johnson, D	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Deborah Staines, MA	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Biber, K	en_US
dc.date.issued	2009-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	The Chamberlain Case: Nation, Law, Memory, 2009, 1, pp. 7 - 20	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781921509094	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	In her cartoon, Jenny Coopes depicted a bubbling cauldron tended by two silhouettes in puritan dress and fuelled by newsprint with headline fragments. The cattoon suggests what essentially underlies the Azaria Chamberlain case: the making of Lindy the witch, According to Etica Jong, witches and fairies have long been associated in the populat mind, and often the same characteristics are attributed to both groups: ' ... the practice of sorcery, the ability to appear and disappeat at will, shape-shifting, the pteparation of magic salves, the stealing of children, dancing in circles, and having wild nocturnal parties ... But the witch was used as a scapegoat ... while the faity flew free'. 5	en_US
dc.publisher	Australian Scholarly Publishing	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	The Chamberlain Case: Nation, Law, Memory	en_US
dc.title	From Fairy to Witch: Imagery and Myth on the Azaria Case	en_US
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Abstract:

In her cartoon, Jenny Coopes depicted a bubbling cauldron tended by two silhouettes in puritan dress and fuelled by newsprint with headline fragments. The cattoon suggests what essentially underlies the Azaria Chamberlain case: the making of Lindy the witch, According to Etica Jong, witches and fairies have long been associated in the populat mind, and often the same characteristics are attributed to both groups: ' ... the practice of sorcery, the ability to appear and disappeat at will, shape-shifting, the pteparation of magic salves, the stealing of children, dancing in circles, and having wild nocturnal parties ... But the witch was used as a scapegoat ... while the faity flew free'. 5

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