Horror and Fascination with the Eternal Body
The Mummy in Early Horror Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14713575 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bojan Žikić (0000-0002-3276-1061, University of Belgrade, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 373-392 |
| Publication date | 2016-06-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Etnoantropološki problemi / Issues in Ethnology and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0353-1589 • E-ISSN: 2334-8801 |
| Publisher | University of Belgrade - Faculty of Philosophy - Department of Ethnology and Anthropology (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21301/eap.v11i2.3 |
| OpenAlex | W2518596518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
Imagining the possibility of an unimaginably long or eternal physical existence is considered as shaped by cultural ideas about mummies as eternal physical bodies in English literature of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Based on three short stories and one novel, the paper will show how cultural ideas about a foreign and distant culture are shaped through the reflection of ideas about one’s own culture
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |