Tag Archives: nationalism
Penda’s Fen: Symposium, BFI, 10 June 2017
We’ve posted a few items here on Folk Horror recently. The classic TV drama Penda’s Fen (1974) is frequently mentioned in this context; I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve never seen it (though have just borrowed the DVD). Sukhdev Sandhu writes about … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged English folklore, Folk Horror, landscape, myth, nationalism, paganism, pastoral horror, Penda's Fen
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Post-millennial Vampires
Posted slightly late for Hallowe’en, but this essay by Prof. Dale Townshend on the contemporary, post-millennial vampire and what it might stand for is hugely insightful.
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged consumerism, nationalism, neoliberalism, otherness, post-millennial, Vampires, xenophobia
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