The Bosom Serpent : Folklore and Popular Art

Name: The Bosom Serpent
Brand: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
SKU: 9780820445144
Price: 3400 KES
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ISBN: 9780820445144

2nd ed.

by Harold Schechter

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0820445142

ISBN-13 9780820445144

Edition 2nd ed.

Publisher Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Imprint Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 8th, 2000

Print length 174 Pages

Weight 262 grams

Dimensions 15.40 x 22.80 x 1.10 cms

Product Classification: Films, cinema Communication studies Folklore, myths & legends

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In our high-tech, consumerist culture, traditional folklore has found itself revived in an eclectic mix of popular works from B-movies, TV shows, and superhero comics to pulp novels and supermarket tabloids. With a strong emphasis on narrative and very little reliance on aesthetics, these forms of popular entertainment have often defied analysis. The Bosom Serpent fills this gap by revealing the pervasive similarities between traditional folklore motifs and our contemporary forms of amusement. By examining a variety of works and genres from classic fairy tales to supermarket tabloids, The Bosom Serpent demonstrates that today’s popular art is no more (or less) than the sort of unpretentious narrative entertainment human beings have always craved – tall tales dressed up to fit the concerns of the time.

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