The Folk Horror “Feeling”: Monstrous Modalities and the Critical Occult
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This closing chapter returns to the concept of folk horror, which is a key locus of intersection for the interests of this book – monstrosity, media cultures, and regionality. We address the twenty-first-century debates around how "folk horror" operates as a subgenre of horror and how it relates to regional or national identities. We highlight how these very debates have defined "folk horror" and argue that appropriations of notions of the "folk" and "folklore" to incite dread and horror marks folk horror as a category. We contend that folk horror is best understood as an aesthetic "mode" rather than a sub-genre and illuminate how the process and ethos of "folk" participation are embedded in the critical field and cultural circulation of folk horror.
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Monstrous Beings and Media Cultures: Folk Monsters, Im/materiality, Regionality
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Amsterdam University Press
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