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Titill: 
  • Titill er á ensku The Vampire Returns to Britain: Considering the Images of Vampires, Werewolves and Ghosts in BBC’s Being Human
Höfundur: 
Útgáfa: 
  • Október 2014
Útdráttur: 
  • Útdráttur er á ensku

    The aim of this lecture is to consider the image of vampires, werewolves and
    ghosts (and the worlds and societies associated with them) presented in the
    recent popular BBC television series, Being Human, which has attained cult status
    among young people both in Britain and elsewhere. Starting with some
    consideration of the ways in which television programmes such as Being Human
    have a similar role to the legends of the past for young people in blending the
    traditional beliefs in the supernatural with the day-to-day, the lecture will go on
    to consider the ways in which the presentation of these traditional beings (like
    earlier legends) in this series plays on the expectations and beliefs of the listeners
    to create both horror and humour in equal measure. The main difference here
    between the legends of the past and a series like Being Human is that the popular
    beliefs here come not only from traditional legends, but also other forms of
    popular media in which that legendary material has been used and developed
    over the years, including literature (including comic books), and American film
    and television. The series thus gives a useful insight into the way that folk beliefs
    and legendary materials perform for audiences and continue to develop in the
    modern multi-literate world.

Birtist í: 
  • Þjóðarspegillinn XV: Rannsóknir í félagsvísindum. Félags- og mannvísindadeild
ISBN: 
  • 978-9935-424-18-1
Samþykkt: 
  • 30.10.2014
URI: 
  • http://hdl.handle.net/1946/19978


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