The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59061 Message #939235
Posted By: Peg
24-Apr-03 - 11:36 AM
Thread Name: BS: Happy birthday: the Open University
Subject: RE: BS: Happy birthday: the Open University
thanks for fixing that link Steve! I have not finished the paper yet, but the abstract basically explores the ways in which popular media like film, TV and music affect the discussion and practice of "Wicca" among teens in the U.S.; for exmaple, there are a lot of teens who took their cue for the sort of "magic" they did and the reason they did it from the movie The Craft (1996), right down to the goth fashions and the completely fictional god name "Manon"...other teens watch the TV shows Charmed or Buffy the Vampire Slayer and take cues from those, and this is borne out in discussions one sees on teen websites, etc.
BTW my friend Hannah is giving a talk during that same session, and we are also co-editing a book of essays about contemporary paganism in the US/UK...she is also a singer who performed with her family for years! (I forget their name at the moment). Perhaps we can all meet up. I do not know where I am staying yet, etc. nor the length or itinerary of my trip (must work that out in the next couple of days!) but will keep you posted...