Bewitching spellcasters Postfeminist witches on television

Abstract

Communities of witches are most often imagined as bonds of women. The witch’s figure has had an important role, particularly in discourses of second wave feminism, as the figure of the unruly woman with power and authority. My study is focused on television articulations of the witch figure that have feminist and postfeminist traits at the same time. The study explores the glamorous, feminine, and powerful witches who aim to help others as the heroines of the chosen series.