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Ghost of an Idea : Hauntology, Folk Horror, and the Spectre of Nostalgia by William Burns (2025, Trade Paperback)

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Is nostalgia revitalising or killing 21st-century culture?. Ghost of an Idea: Hauntology, Folk Horror, and the Spectre of Nostalgia examines the use and effect of nostalgia in the Horror and Hauntological realms.

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PublisherHeadpress

ISBN-101915316316

ISBN-139781915316318

eBay Product ID (ePID)27071780611

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Book TitleGhost of an Idea : Hauntology, Folk Horror, and the Spectre of Nostalgia

Number of Pages286 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2025

TopicDance / History & Criticism, Popular Culture, Film / History & Criticism

GenrePerforming Arts, Social Science

AuthorWilliam Burns

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight15 oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5 in

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Reviews"Burns brings up some great points about the [horror] genre, possibly making you think a little different." -- Jon Kitley, Kitley's Krypt on author's previous book The Thrill of Repulsion, "William Burns' knowledge of the horror genre, its contents as well as its history, is staggering." -- Jeff Tolbert, Horror DNA on author's previous book The Thrill of Repulsion, "[Burns] is well-versed in cinema that goes bump in the night." -- Rod Lott, Flick Attack on author's previous book The Thrill of Repulsion

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal791.436164

SynopsisThe future ain't what it used to be. Is nostalgia revitalizing or killing 21st-century culture? The concept of nostalgia has seeped into almost all aspects of modern-day media, none more so than horror culture and its borderlands of Hauntology, Folk Horror, and found footage film. From film and TV franchises building endlessly on past glories, to musicians whose work now spans decades, modern media borrows heavily from the past. Ghost of an Idea: Hauntology, Folk Horror, and the Spectre of Nostalgia examines the use and effect of nostalgia in the Horror and Hauntological realms. It asks why these genres hold such a fascination in popular culture, often inspiring devoted fanbases. From Candyman to The Blair Witch Project, and Dark Shadows to American Horror Story, are the folk horror and found footage phenomena significant artistic responses to political, social, and economic conditions, or simply an aesthetic rebranding of what has come before? How has nostalgia become linked to other concepts (psychogeography, residual haunting) to influence Hauntological music such as Boards of Canada, The Rowan Amber Mill, Hawksmoor, or The Caretaker? What can the 'urban wyrd' or faux horror footage tell us about our idealized past? And how will these cultures of nostalgia shape the future? Combining the author's analysis with first-hand accounts of fans and creators, this book offers a critical analysis of our cultural quest to recognize, resurrect, and lay to rest the ghosts of past and present, also summoning up those spectres that may haunt the future., Is nostalgia revitalising or killing 21st-century culture? The concept of nostalgia has seeped into almost all aspects of modern-day media, none more so than horror culture and its borderlands of Hauntology, Folk Horror, and found footage film. From film and TV franchises building endlessly on past glories, to musicians whose work now spans decades, modern media borrows heavily from the past. Ghost of an Idea: Hauntology, Folk Horror, and the Spectre of Nostalgia examines the use and effect of nostalgia in the Horror and Hauntological realms. It asks why these genres hold such a fascination in popular culture, often inspiring devoted fanbases. From Candyman to The Blair Witch Project, and Dark Shadows to American Horror Story, are the folk horror and found footage phenomena significant artistic responses to political, social, and economic conditions, or simply an aesthetic rebranding of what has come before? How has nostalgia become linked to other concepts (psychogeography, residual haunting) to influence Hauntological music such as Boards of Canada, The Rowan Amber Mill, Hawksmoor, or The Caretaker? What can the 'urban wyrd' or faux horror footage tell us about our idealised past? And how will these cultures of nostalgia shape the future? Combining the author's analysis with first-hand accounts of fans and creators, this book offers a critical analysis of our cultural quest to recognise, resurrect, and lay to rest the ghosts of past and present, also summoning up those spectres that may haunt the future.