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- Title
"Practicing Witchcraft Myself During the Filming" Folk Horror, Folklore, and the Folkloresque.
- Authors
Cowdell, Paul
- Abstract
Discussion of the folk horror subgenre emphasizes its use of folkloric materials. By portraying tensions between surviving village lore and the invention of faux-ancient practices, The Witches (1966), an early Folk Horror film, also demonstrates the subgenre s close links with folkloristics. This article examines the folkloresque links between folk horror and folklore s disciplinary history and development, developing definitions of the subgenre and extending our understanding of popular culture s representational dependence on folkloristics. KEYWORDS: folk horror, folkloresque, history of folklore, witchcraft, paganism.
- Subjects
FOLKLORE; FOLKLORE in popular culture; WITCHES, The (Film); FOLKLORISTS; PAGANISM
- Publication
Western Folklore, 2019, Vol 78, Issue 4, p295
- ISSN
0043-373X
- Publication type
Article