Wolves in the Wolds: Late Capitalism, the English Eerie, and the Weird Case of ‘Old Stinker’ the Hull Werewolf

Volume: 21, Issue: 1, Pages: 68 - 84
Published: May 1, 2019
Abstract
British folklore reveals a history of werewolf sightings in places where there were once wolves. I draw on theories of the weird and the eerie and on the turbulence of England in the era of late capitalism in my analysis of the representation of werewolves in contemporary urban myths. Werewolves are deliberately excluded from Mark Fisher's notion of the ‘weird’, because they behave in a manner that is entirely expected of them. I contradict this...
Paper Details
Title
Wolves in the Wolds: Late Capitalism, the English Eerie, and the Weird Case of ‘Old Stinker’ the Hull Werewolf
Published Date
May 1, 2019
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
68 - 84
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