Culture
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The Origins of the Female Vampire in Literature and Art
The origins of Lamia and Lilith, two of the earliest female vampire archetypes, in many ways initiated interest in the…
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Representations from the Freak Show to the Living Room
This article examines how cultural representations of deviant bodies vary based on historically informed narratives of bodily stigma.
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The Concept of Death in the Folk Culture of Macedonians
According to traditional beliefs, the process of existence is eternal but every alive being is subjected to the process of…
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The Gothic Australianness History and Fertile Soil for Ghosts
The ghost story is not a simple thing to pin down, like its subject it can seem insubstantial and marginal:…
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Montague Rhodes James and the Archaeological Uncanny
Does the curiosity of an archaeologist lead to encounters with forbidden things, inviting retribution?
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Mortality and the Presence of Zombies Through Cultures
All cultures understand death because everyone and everything eventually dies. However, there is no clear consensus on what happens after…
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Mystics, Demoniacs, and the Physiology of Spirit Possession
Medieval communities struggled mightily over how to decide whether an inspired woman was possessed by the Holy Spirit or an…
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Science and the Occult Disciples in the Twentieth-Century
Writing about “science and the occult” is made difficult by the significant ambiguity both these terms represent.
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Occult Sciences in Pre-Enlightenment Natural Philosophy
Writing about “science and the occult” is made difficult by the significant ambiguity both these terms represent.
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The Female Spectator as an Object in the Horror Cinema
The horror film offers a particularly interesting example of this punishment in the woman’s terrified look at the horrible body…
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Possession, Christianization, and Saints’ Shrines in Antiquity
Even as cultures embraced Christianity, the supernatural landscapes of Mediterranean people and the ancestral spirits that permeated those landscapes persisted…
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Gothumentary: Horror Cinema, Desire, and Sensation
This study indicated an aesthetic shift in Hollywood horror cinema towards a Gothic-realist mode that renders a disturbing reality through…
