SLFK 215 Magic People

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SLFK 215 Magic People

• Instructor
• Natalie Kononenko
• Assistant
• Alexis Black
• Web page http// faculty.virginia. edu/kononenko

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Who are magic people?

• Guy who pulls rabbit out of hat or saws assistant
  in half? Wrong course
• Last semester everyday magic, that accessible
  to all
• Traditional finding penny
• Wishbone at Thanksgiving
• Candles on birthday cake
• Contemporary
• Commercials

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Magic people continued

• Last semester focus on magic thinking
• Again, that which we all do and leads us to
  believe (on some level) in magic
• This semester SPECIALIZED
• Only some people can do it, though they may do it
  for all

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Body and spiritTranscending the body

• Magic person transcends the body, deals with
  spirit
• Does so for health, often of body
• But act of transcendence involves wounding body
• Self-inflicted
• Accident, near-death experience
• Handicap, like blindness

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Body and spirit

• Concern with harmony
• Body and spirit
• Human being in the cosmos
• Human being in the environment

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Course mechanics

• Syllabus
• Web page
• Lecture and section
• Readings

• Their work
• Usual exams
• Short response papers (based on readings)
• Big project benefits
• COLLECT
• SELECT
• PRESENT
• Sample project topics

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Preliminary discussion

• Routine magic acts done by everyone element of
  LUCK may work
• What magic people do should/must work
• Element of control
• Who are these magic people? What do they look
  like?

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Example of witches and sorcerers

• Appearance face, body
• Age
• Gender
• Occupation, surroundings or location
• Connection to religion

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Professional minstrels

• Appearance
• Professional activities
• Professional functions

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Minstrel activities

• Travel and BEG
• Begging in a home
• At a fair
• Their special powers
• Benefits person who gave alms
• More esp. people dear to that person, those who
  are unquiet dead

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Minstrel reality vs. beliefAttitudes toward
minstrels

• Their family life
• Necessary distancing
• Other examples of distancing
• Celebrities screen and sports
• Your faculty