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Film, Folklore and Urban Legends

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ISBN-10: 0810860252

ISBN-13: 9780810860254

Edition: 2008

Authors: Mikel J. Koven

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List price: $74.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/25/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.09" wide x 9.15" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Study of Folklore and Film
Folklore and Film
The Search for a Methodology
Based on Some Forgotten Lore: The Wicker Man, Frazer, and the Ancient Celts
Searching for Tale-Types and Motifs in the Zombie Film
Orality as Methodology for Understanding Vernacular Comedies and the Comic Corpse
Issues of Belief
Discourses of Belief in The X-Files
"Buzz Off!": The Killer Bee Movie as Modern Belief Narrative
Urban Legends and Film
Studying the Urban Legend Film
The Slasher Film as Folkloristic Social Script
Ostension
Film and Ostension: The Case of Candyman
The Convergence of Folklore, Belief, and Popular Media: The Case of Most Haunted
Afterword
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
About the Author