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Queer as Folklore
Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters | Sacha Coward
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'One delight after another. Told with an open heart, a questing curiosity, and a healthy sense of mischief, Queer as Folklore is essential for every seeker of hidden histories' Patrick Ness, author of the 'Chaos Walking' series Queer as Folklore takes readers across centuries and continents to reveal the unsung heroes and villains of storytelling, magic and fantasy. Featuring images from archives, galleries and museums around the world, each chapter investigates the queer history of different mythic and folkloric characters, both old and new. Leaving no headstone unturned, Sacha Coward will take you on a wild ride through the night from ancient Greece to the main stage of RuPaul’s Drag Race, visiting cross-dressing pirates, radical fairies and the graves of the ‘queerly departed’ along the way. Queer communities have often sought refuge in the shadows, found kinship in the in-between and created safe spaces in underworlds; but these forgotten narratives tell stories of remarkable resilience that deserve to be heard. Join any Pride march and you are likely to see a glorious display of papier-mâché unicorn heads trailing sequins, drag queens wearing mermaid tails and more fairy wings than you can shake a trident at. But these are not just accessories: they are queer symbols with historic roots. To truly understand who queer people are today, we must confront the twisted tales of the past and Queer as Folklore is a celebration of queer history like you've never seen it before.
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shanaqui
shanaqui
Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters | Sacha Coward
Bailedbailed

Given the issues I've found so far in the first third, I'm calling it. I've given the rest a quick skim, and it's all full of wishful thinking (though on such a quick skim I didn't spot any other errors of fact jumping out).

I think it might be fine for a very casual reader who doesn't care about sourcing.

Clare-Dragonfly How disappointing. With that title it sounds like exactly something I would pick up. 2w
shanaqui @Clare-Dragonfly I was very curious, but the lack of evidencing of his claims was super disappointing. I'm ready to be convinced, but I need a bit more than “because I say so“, you know? 2w
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shanaqui
shanaqui
Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters | Sacha Coward

Oop, an error of fact: “...both these depictions of female vampires [Le Fanu's Carmilla and Coleridge's Christabel] predate Dracula, Nosferatu and even Polidori's 'Vampyre' by a number of years.“

Polidori's 'The Vampyre' was 1819, 'Christabel' 1797, Carmilla 1872. It *does* predate Dracula though.

My guess is bad editing, either an example between Carmilla and Christabel removed, or the reference to predating Polidori's 'Vampyre' added in error.

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shanaqui
shanaqui
Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters | Sacha Coward

I... I'm gonna need some kind of evidence for linking the “what big teeth you have“ “what big eyes you have“ etc part of Red Riding Hood with Thor being dressed as Freyja and people reacting to it. Sure, you could use the same dialogue, but, hm, I feel like more of a link is required than that?! This seems like just “because I say so“...

Faranae Looks like the author is a museum freelancer working in creating interactive exhibits, but not specifically trained in history (Psych BSc & Anthropology MA), and I've heard British schools/unis are better at teaching research methods and historiography than US and Canada (where it's really not taught before university, and then only for your major...) but uh... maybe that's why this isn't very rigorous? 2w
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StaceGhost
StaceGhost
Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters | Sacha Coward
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Pickpick

I have spent so much on ebooks since bookshop.org started selling them. I even bought a new Boox ereader— not used, new! Reading for school almost requires it.

One of my more recent acquisitions, this book is not the scholarship I hoped. It is still highly readable and has inspired some interesting ideas but they‘re rather more speculative than fact.

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