{"product_id":"the-bosom-serpent-9780820445144","title":"The Bosom Serpent","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn our high-tech, consumerist culture, traditional folklore has found itself revived in an eclectic mix of popular works from B-movies, TV shows, and superhero comics to pulp novels and supermarket tabloids. With a strong emphasis on narrative and very little reliance on aesthetics, these forms of popular entertainment have often defied analysis. \u003ci\u003eThe Bosom Serpent\u003c\/i\u003e fills this gap by revealing the pervasive similarities between traditional folklore motifs and our contemporary forms of amusement. By examining a variety of works and genres from classic fairy tales to supermarket tabloids, \u003ci\u003eThe Bosom Serpent\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that today's popular art is no more (or less) than the sort of unpretentious narrative entertainment human beings have always craved  tall tales dressed up to fit the concerns of the time.","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884700315991,"sku":"9780820445144","price":17.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-bosom-serpent-9780820445144","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}