Richard Baxstrom: 2 books
Realizing the Witch
Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Benjamin Christensen’s Häxan (The Witch, 1922) stands as a singular film within the history of cinema. Deftly weaving contemporary scientific analysis and powerfully staged historical scenes of satanic initiation, confession under torture, possession, and persecution, Häxan creatively blends spectacle...
Houses in Motion
The Experience of Place and the Problem of Belief in Urban Malaysia
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2008
Houses in Motion: The Experience of Place and the Problem of Belief in Urban Malaysia is about the transformation of urban space and the reordering of the demographic character of Brickfields, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Kuala Lumpur. Baxstrom offers an ethnographic account of the complex attempts...