Folklore/Cinema: Popular Film as Vernacular Culture

Interest in the conjunctions of film and folklore is stronger and more diverse than ever. Documentaries on folk life and expression remain a vital genre, but scholars such as Sharon Sherman and Mikel Koven also are exploring how folklore elements appear in, and merge with, popular cinema. They look...

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Main Author: Koven, Mikel J. (auth)
Other Authors: Sherman, Sharon R. (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Utah State University, University Libraries 2007
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