RODGERS, Diane (2019). Something ‘wyrd’ this way comes: folklore and British television. Folklore.
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Abstract
Outlining key elements of folk horror, this article discusses the influence of British 1970s television upon post-2000 folk-horror revivalists, arguing that television is of vital importance to social and cultural folklore. With reference to Mikel Koven’s ‘mass-mediated ostension’, this study brings together folkloristics and screen studies, and proposes ‘wyrd’ as a term to apply to eerie, hauntological media with folkloric themes. Supernatural tropes are examined alongside a case-study analysis of the BBC series Ghost Stories for Christmas to illustrate how folkloric content is represented on-screen, and how the eerie atmosphere of 1970s television was created.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Folklore |
Departments - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Faculty of Science, Technology and Arts > Department of Media Arts and Communication |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/0015587X.2018.1529363 |
SWORD Depositor: | Symplectic Elements |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Elements |
Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2018 10:24 |
Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2021 19:01 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/23108 |
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