@article{12bf79b2-485e-42bd-b1c2-5e69b3ad6e23,
author = {Piotr Grochowski},
title = {From Strangles to Energetic Vampires. Folklore as a System of Interpretative Practices},
journal = {Arts & Cultural Studies Review},
volume = {2017},
number = {Issue 2 (32)},
year = {2017},
issn = {1895-975X},
pages = {223-242},keywords = {folklore; folk belief; New Age; common knowledge; vampires; energy vampires},
abstract = {In this paper I analyse and compare two kind of materials: ethnographic data from 19th and 20th century which indicate how people in traditional cultures recognised and understood vampires, and contemporary video materials and internet discussions about so called energy/psychic vampires. I claim that on the one hand the ideas of vampires and energy vampires differ and are based on unlike beliefs, but on the other hand they perform the same social function. We can comprehend both former and contemporary narratives about vampires/energy vampires as a form of folklore, which provides people a kind of common knowledge, especially guides and hints, how to interpret social behaviour of other people and how to “properly” react to them.},
doi = {10.4467/20843860PK.17.015.7363},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-kulturoznawczy/article/od-strzygoni-do-wampirow-energetycznych-folklor-jako-system-praktyk-interpretacyjnych}
}