Möbius Media

Möbius MediaMbius Media explores the interplay of popular and traditional cultures, reminding readers that expressive cultural forms are never mutually exclusive but exist in a state of creative tension and interconnection, merging and (re)defining one another. With this insightful volume, editors Jeffrey Tolbert and Michael Dylan Foster build on their earlier work, The Folkloresque, by considering how folklore is understood and mobilized within a variety of

/ Is bury me not in a land of slaves

the contributors analyze feature-length films and documentaries as well as industry structures and governmental policies in relation to transnational reception

has fallen in love with a girl named Lois

pervade the legal system

whose husband has died and who is grappling with finding an identity for herself as an aging widow-reflecting the restrictions imposed especially on aging

and their conflict is irresolvable

historically excluded from masculine discourse

and embracing activism

faithful to its folk traditions and to its Old World heritage

making his way past Tenerife

Safaa Fathy

In “The Ebony Frame