Mikel J. Koven

Film, Folklore and Urban Legends

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From Alien to When a Stranger Calls, many films are based on folklore or employ an urban legend element to propel the narrative. Films, Folklore and Urban Legends explores the convergence of folklore with popular cinema studies and focuses on the study of urban legends and how these narratives are used as inspiration for a number of films. Beginning with a general survey of the existing literature on folklore/film, this book addresses discourses of belief, how urban legends provide the organizing principle of some films, and how certain films "act out" or perform a legend.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scarecrow Press
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 333g
• ISBN-13: 9780810860254
• ISBN-10: 0810860252
• Artikelnr.: 23015362

Autorenporträt

By Mikel J. Koven

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Introduction Part 3 Part I: The Study of
Folklore and Film Chapter 4 1. Folklore and Film Part 5 Part II: The Search
for a Methodology Chapter 6 2. Based on Some Forgotten Lore: The Wicker
Man, Frazer, and the Ancient Celts Chapter 7 3. Searching for Tale-Types
and Motifs in the Zombie Film Chapter 8 4. Orality as Methodology for
Understanding Vernacular Comedies and the Comic Corpse Part 9 Part III:
Issues of Belief Chapter 10 5. Discourses of Belief in The X-Files Chapter
11 6. "Buzz Off!": The Killer Bee Movie as Modern Belief Narrative Part 12
Part IV: Urban Legends and Film Chapter 13 7. Studying the Urban Legend
Film Chapter 14 8. The Slasher Film as Folkloristic Social Script Part 15
Part V: Ostension Chapter 16 9. Film and Ostension: The Case of Candyman
Chapter 17 10. The Convergence of Folklore, Belief, and Popular Media: The
Case of Most Haunted Part 18 Afterword Part 19 Filmography Part 20
Bibliography Part 21 Index Part 22 About the Author