{"product_id":"folk-horror-new-global-pathways-9781786839794","title":"Folk Horror: New Global Pathways","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThis study explores the global resurgence of folk horror, examining its cinematic and literary prehistory and its reinvention by directors and novelists worldwide. It expands the genre's geographic terrain to include Italy, Ukraine, Thailand, Mexico, and the Appalachian region of the US, challenging traditional assumptions and mapping new conceptualizations of the genre. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 280 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 15 April 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: University of Wales Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the undisputed heyday of folk horror was Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, the genre has not only a rich cinematic and literary prehistory, but directors and novelists around the world have also been reinventing folk horror for the contemporary moment. This study sets out to rethink the assumptions that have guided critical writing on the genre in the face of such expansions, with chapters exploring a range of subjects from the fiction of E. F. Benson to Scooby-Doo, video games, and community engagement with the Lancashire witches. In looking beyond Britain, the essays collected here extend folk horror's geographic terrain to map new conceptualisations of the genre now seen emerging from Italy, Ukraine, Thailand, Mexico, and the Appalachian region of the US. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the undisputed heyday of folk horror was Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, the genre has not only a rich cinematic and literary prehistory, but directors and novelists around the world have also been reinventing folk horror for the contemporary moment. This study sets out to rethink the assumptions that have guided critical writing on the genre in the face of such expansions, with chapters exploring a range of subjects from the fiction of E. F. Benson to Scooby-Doo, video games, and community engagement with the Lancashire witches. In looking beyond Britain, the essays collected here extend folk horror's geographic terrain to map new conceptualisations of the genre now seen emerging from Italy, Ukraine, Thailand, Mexico, and the Appalachian region of the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 216 x 138 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781786839794\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shulph Ink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44216396513530,"sku":"9781786839794","price":47.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1683282193435_book.jpg?v=1683354917","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/folk-horror-new-global-pathways-9781786839794","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}