Bibliograph

Film, folklore, and urban legends, Mikel J. Koven

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Film, folklore, and urban legends, Mikel J. Koven

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-190) and indexIncludes filmography: p. 177-180

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Film, folklore, and urban legends

Nature of contents

bibliographyfilmographies

Oclc number

137305954

Responsibility statement

Mikel J. Koven

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- pt. 1. The study of folklore and film -- Folklore and film -- pt. 2. The search for a methodology -- Based on some forgotten lore : The Wicker Man, Frazer, and the ancient Celts -- Search for tale-types and motifs in the zombie film -- Orality as methodology for understanding vernacular comedies and the comic corpse -- pt. 3. Issues of belief -- Discourses of belief in The X-files -- "Buzz off!" : the killer bee movie as modern belief narrative -- pt. 4. Urban legends and film -- Studying the urban legend film -- The slasher film as folkloristic social script -- pt. 5. Ostension -- Film and ostension : the case of Candyman -- The convergence of folklore, belief, and popular media : the case of Most Haunted

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Film, folklore & urban legends

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