Popular Culture – Folklore Forum

The Mothership Connection: Mythscape and Unity in the Music of Parliament

25 Nov 201225 Nov 2012

The Mothership Connection Mythscape and Unity in the Music of Parliament Kurt Baer Indiana University Due to Afro-centric and Afro-futurist themes and the lyrical content of some of their songs,…

Variation of Manufactured Folk Drama: A Case Study of The Ellettsville House of Prayer Hell House

2 Dec 20119 Dec 2011

Variation of Manufactured Folk Drama: A Case Study of The Ellettsville House of Prayer Hell House Mary Mesteller Indiana University A version of this paper received the prize for Best…

Rama for Beginners: Bridging Indian Folk and Comics Cultures

25 Nov 20112 Dec 2011

Rama for Beginners: Bridging Indian Folk and Comics Cultures Jeremy Stoll Indiana University Abstract: In the boom of recent comics scholarship, the comic art of India has received little attention…

Representing Valerie Solanas: Productions of Gender and Sexuality in The Factory

Representing Valerie Solanas: Productions of Gender and Sexuality in The Factory Sayo Yamagata City University of New York Abstract: This essay explores the musical and artistic reactions to Valerie Solanas’s…

The Snob, the Rube and the Connoisseur

1 Apr 20111 Aug 2011

The Snob, the Rube and the Connoisseur: Sideways and the Legitimation of "Culinary Capital" Margot Finn University of Michigan Abstract: In this essay, I analyze the critically-acclaimed 2004 film Sideways…

Heroes Are Over With: Possibilities for Folk Hybridity in “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog”

3 May 20103 May 2010

Heroes Are Over With: Possibilities for Folk Hybridity in Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Katie L. Ramos University of Wisconsin, Madison Abstract: Folklorists have long sought to illuminate the blurry boundary…

Harold Hinds, et al. Popular Culture Theory and Methodology: A Basic Introduction

8 Apr 20098 Apr 2009

Harold E. Hinds, Jr., Marilyn F. Motz, and Angela M. S. Nelson, eds. Popular Culture Theory and Methodology: A Basic Introduction. Madison: Popular Press/ University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. Pp.…