Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures: Folk Monsters, Im/materiality, Regionality (1) (Horror and Gothic Media Cultures)

By: Jessica Balanzategui

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Synopsis: Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures examines the monsters and sinister creatures that spawn from folk horror, Gothic fiction, and from various sectors of media cultures. The collection illuminates how folk monsters form across different art and media traditions, and interrogates the 21C revitalization of folk as both a cultural formation and aesthetic mode. The essays explore how combinations of vernacular and institutional creative processes shape the folkloric and/or folkoresque attributes of monstrous beings, their popularity, and the contexts in which they are received. While it focuses on 21C permutations of folk monstrosity, the collection is transhistorical in approach, featuring chapters that focus on contemporary folk monsters, historical antecedents, and the pre-C21st art and media traditions that shaped enduring monstrous beings. The collection also illuminates how folk monsters and folk horror travel across cultures, media, and time periods, and how iconic monsters are tethered to yet repeatedly become unanchored from material and regional contexts.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 306 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781040796856
Related ISBNs:: 9781041183082, 9789463726344, 9781040790953, 9781003700050
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 10/02/25
Copyrighted By:: The authors / Taylor & Francis Group
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Entertainment, Horror, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Jessica Balanzategui
Edited by:: Allison Craven