Perils of the princess: gender and genre in video games

Article Abstract:

Folkloric stories and video games share narrative principles. Myths have been translated to the video environment and gender roles found in folklore exist in computer games. Boys, for example, may not identify with the princess figure in a game because they view her as a passive figure who must be saved. Girls, however, may see the princess as one who plays a central and powerful role. Video games offer such active participation that players can be considered storytellers as they participate in games.

Social aspects, Video games, Sex role, Sex roles

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Visions of ourselves: filming folklore, present and future

Article Abstract:

The pervasive use and influence of videocameras on modern life guarantees their increased usage in folklore studies. The mass availability of video equipment and its reflexive possibilities have made a major impact in mass media, providing new material for films and television programs. While folklorists have worked with film recently in an effort to emphasize context and event over text, videotape offers an opportunity to develop more reflexive folklorist studies.

Usage, Study and teaching, Folklore, Video recordings

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The 2004 Archer Taylor Memorial Lecture: Focusing in: Film and the survival of folklore studies in the 21st century

Article Abstract:

The 2004 Archer Taylor Memorial Lecture gives an opportunity to review some of the uses and roles of film and video in folklore studies and folklore fieldwork. Film is the best way to document folkloric events and expressive behavior and using film to document is a way to get as close as possible to the reality of both the fieldworker and those being filmed and clearly falls within the interest of folklorists, anthropologists, and those in performance studies.

United States, Public affairs, Folk festivals, Media coverage

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