Description: Folk Horror on Film by Kevin J. Donnelly, Louis Bayman This is the first scholarly collection to focus on the special importance of British cinema to folk horror. The chapters consider the artistic styles, historical contexts, cultural tensions and cinematic fears that distinguish folk horror from other forms of horror and from traditional ways of viewing the folk. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description What is folk horror and how culturally significant is it? This collection is the first study to address these questions while considering the special importance of British cinema to the genres development.The book presents political and aesthetic analyses of folk horrors uncanny landscapes and frightful folk. It places canonical films like Witchfinder General (1968), The Blood on Satans Claw (1971) and The Wicker Man (1973) in a new light and expands the canon to include films like the sci-fi horror Doomwatch (197072) and the horror documentary Requiem for a Village (1975) alongside filmmakers Ken Russell and Ben Wheatley.A series of engrossing chapters by established scholars and new writers argue for the uniqueness of folk horror from perspectives that include the fragmented national history of pagan heresies and Celtic cultures, of peasant lifestyles, folkloric rediscoveries and postcolonial decline. Author Biography Louis Bayman is an Associate Professor of Film Studies at the University of Southampton.K. J. Donnelly is Professor of Film and Film Music at the University of Southampton. Table of Contents Foreword by John DasIntroduction: what makes the folk horrific? – Louis Bayman and K.J. Donnelly Part I: Debating The Wicker Man (1973) 1 The context of The Wicker Man – Ronald Hutton 2 A deeply religious people: The Wicker Man, contemporary paganism, and Dracula reversed– Laurel Zwissler 3 Folk horror: a discursive approach, with application to Robin Hardys The Wicker Man (1973) and Neil Jordans The Company of Wolves (1984) – Mikel J. Koven Part II: Return of the British repressed 4 The folk of folk horror – Derek Johnston 5 Doomwatch: sacrifice zones and folk horror – Dawn Keetley 6 My ancestors died here: Requiem for a Village and the rural English horror of modernity and socio-cultural change – Paul Newland 7 Outsider history, or outside of history – K. J. Donnelly 8 Anglo creep and Celtic resistance in Apostle – Beth Carroll 9 Womens folk horror in Britain: history, industry, style – Amy Harris Part III: Folk horrors cultural landscapes 10 Ritualistic rhythms: exploring the sensory effect of drums in British folk horror cinema – Lyndsay Townsend 11 Nature came before man: human as subject and object within the folk horror anti-landscape – David Evans-Powell 12 Hieroglyphics: Arthur Machen on screen – Mark Goodall 13 Albion unearthed: social, political and cultural influences on British folk horror, urban wyrd and backwoods cinema – Andy Paciorek 14 Isnt folk horror all horror?: a wyrd genre – Diane A. RodgersIndex Review Folk Horror on Film... helps to fuel fiery if inconclusive arguments about the nature of folk horror amidst scholarly (stone?) circles.Journal of British Cinema and TelevisionThis is an interesting assortment of essays that push forward scholarly understandings of folk horror, offer newframeworks for conceptualizing this subgenre, and further highlight the value of cinema for the study of new and alternative religiosity.Nova Religio -- . Details ISBN1526164922 Author Louis Bayman Publisher Manchester University Press Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781526164926 Format Hardcover Imprint Manchester University Press Subtitle Return of the British Repressed Place of Publication Manchester Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Louis Bayman NZ Release Date 2023-10-03 Illustrations 25 black & white illustrations ISBN-10 1526164922 Audience General DEWEY 791.4361640941 Pages 264 Publication Date 2023-10-10 UK Release Date 2023-10-10 AU Release Date 2023-10-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:151292319;
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