Folklore Studies and Popular Film and Television: A Necessary Critical Survey

From: Journal of American Folklore | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The study of folklore and popular film and television, although frequently ignored by folkloristics and film scholars alike, has produced a number of articles and paradigms which not only inform its own study, but also other disciplines. This current study is a much-needed critical survey of the existing academic literature on the relationship between contemporary folkloristics and popular film and television.

IN A RECENT ARTICLE IN CONTEMPORARY LEGEND, Paul Smith began by decrying the seeming dearth of folkloristic scholarship on popular film. The author noted that "there is perhaps a ...

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