Monster Culture
This term, from the Greek "hidden" refers to beings whose existence is contested, with belief in them often originating in anecdotal testimony
Cryptids
This term refers to a cozy aesthetic that emphasizes tranquility, pastoralism, and traditional skills
Cottagecore
This location in Stranger Things operates as the archetypal Gothic castle
Hawkins Laboratory
"Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, and Nash is a protest song against the Kent State shooting, but also which war?
Vietnam War
This character is the protagonist of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Ichabod Crane
During the period between 1966 and 1967, sightings of this creature were reported in the town of Point Pleasant, WV
Mothman
Anthony Buccitelli argues that cottagecore is embodies a rejection of what?
Modernism (antimodernism)
The character Eleven in Stranger Things best represents this classic element of Gothic fiction
Women/female in distress
The song "Smells Like Teen Spirit," by this band, demonstrated a disillusionment with American culture
Nirvana
This 1849 riot was the result of competing social and class tensions in interpretations of Shakespeare
Astor Place Riot
Jeffrey Jerome Cohen argues that this Latin term, which gave us the word "monster," is a "glyph seeking a heirophant"
Monstrum
Georg Simmel argues in his article "Fashion" that styles typically originate in what social group
The elite class
The opening shot of The Shining was filmed in this, providing a sense of isolation, expansion, and higher knowledge
A helicopter
These authors wrote the chapter "The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception”
Adorno and Horkheimer
Name one of three pieces of classical culture Roger Rollin connects to modern superheroes
Beowulf, The Faerie Queen, Paradise Lost
Gael Garcia Bernal attempts to hide his monstrous nature in this 2022 Marvel short film
Werewolf by Night
This technique, used by cottagecore influencers, is a way of using sound to create a sense of euphoria, relaxation, and focus
ASMR
Stanley Kubrick used this type of recording device to film Danny cycling in the hotel, which created a sense of spectrality and haunting
Steadicam
Pre-modern music attempted to imitate the "harmonia mundi," and the music of the spheres, an invisible music thought to be created by what?
Planets/celestial objects
What term does Scott Hayden Church apply to competing tensions found in American popular music?
Antithetical themes/chiastic themes
The Mothman phenomena ended with the collapse of this bridge connecting Point Pleasant, WV to Gallipolis, OH
According to Georg Simmel, these two clashing tensions appear in fashion through the desire to create unity within a group while differentiating oneself
Imitation and distinction
This term refers to how the subject of a film is expressed
Form
Zizek argues that this musician was the first to reject pre-modern music philosophy, and decided that rational order must be imposed onto music
This term refers to the experience of interactive game play, rather than storytelling, to explain why people return to games again and again
Ludology