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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Mythical Creatures from Philippine Folklore and Mythology
Over on the Facebook site, Bill has shared this very interesting article about ‘Creatures & Mythical Beings from Philippine Folklore & Mythology’. The relationship between culture, nationality and folklore and is incredibly interesting. One of my neighbours is from Trinidad … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Resources
Tagged black dog, Douen, Folklore, Folktales, Gothic, International Gothic, Lagahoo, Legends, myth, Soucoyant, Vampires, Werewolves, will o'the wisp
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Animals Conferences and CFPs
For those of you who are interested in animal studies, ecocriticism and ecoGothic, there are a couple of conferences that caught my eye recently. The first is ‘Animal Biographies – Recovering Animal Selfhood through Interdisciplinary Narration?’ (9th-11th March 2016, University of … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged animal studies, Animals, CFP, Conferences, ecocriticism, ecoGothic, humanity, monstrosity, myth, mythology
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Teen Gothic: P is for Paranormal – Still
There has never really been a consensus about how we might define ‘paranormal’ or ‘dark romance’ and the ways it might differ from ‘urban fantasy’, or indeed how ‘dark fantasy’ is distinguishable from horror. Vampires are notably excluded from … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day, Wolves, and Lupercalia
An interesting article by Benjamin Breen on the ethnography of Valentine’s Day, showing its origins in the pagan festival of Lupercalia and the connections to the transfigured Lycaon in Ovid’s Metamorphosis.
Robot Rom Com: Could it Happen?
I tweeted about the BBC article The Rise of the Romantic Robot earlier in the week. I found it to be very pertinent to debates we have been having on the Generation Dead course about the humanised vampire and the … Continue reading
CFP: Studies in horror and the Gothic
Taken from the Palgrave Communications website, the following has been announced: ‘Studies in horror and the Gothic Deadline for article proposals: September 1, 2016 Final deadline for full submissions: November 1, 2016 Palgrave Communications is inviting submissions and article proposals … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles
Tagged body Gothic, gender, Gothic, Gothic film, Gothic novels, horror, Horror films, sexuality, television
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CFP: Theorising the Popular
The ‘Theorising the Popular’ conference will be taking place at Liverpool Hope University, 28th-29th June 2016. They are asking for abstracts of 300 words on any aspect of studying popular culture within academia which should be received by 31st March … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged CFP, Conferences, Film, movies, popular culture, popular fiction, television
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CFA: Critical Essays on ‘American Horror Story’
A call for proposed chapters for an edited book on ‘American Horror Story ‘ (2011-) has been released. Taken from the original CFA, the details are as follows: ‘American Horror Story is an anthology horror series created by Ryan Murphy and Brad … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Call for Articles
Tagged adaptation, American Horror Story, body Gothic, CFA, gender, Gothic, Gothic television, horror, monstrosity, race, sexuality, television, Vampires
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CFP: Fourth World Dracula Congress
The Fourth World Dracula Congress organised by the Transylvanian Society of Dracula will be taking place on the 2oth-21st October 2016, at Trinity College, Dublin. The CFP has been released and abstracts of 150-250 words need to be sent in by … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged adaptation, aesthetics, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Dublin, gender, Gothic, Gothic novel, sexuality, vampire, Vampires
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Charm for St Valentine’s Eve
On going to bed, place your shoes in the form of the letter T and repeat the following verse. Then reverse the shoes, and say three times more. I place my shoes like a letter T In hopes my true … Continue reading