"Kinda like the folklore of its day": "Supernatural," fairy tales, and ostension
This essay considers the use of folklore in the television series Supernatural: the show does not simply retell folk narratives, but performs them both diegetically and metatextually in a process known as ostension. In the process of performance, main characters Sam and Dean often research and analy...
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| Language: | English |
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Organization for Transformative Works
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Transformative Works and Cultures |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2010.0174 |