Michael Dylan Foster
Michael Dylan Foster
Michael Dylan Foster is associate professor of folklore and East Asian languages and cultures at Indiana University. He is the author of Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai, The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore, and numerous articles on folklore, literature, and media.
Michael Dylan Foster on 99% Invisible
Check out Michael Dylan Foster, coeditor of The Folkloresque, on the recent 99% Invisible episode: Return of the Yokai.
Slender Man and the Feedback Loop of Folk and Pop Cultures
One of my favorite teaching experiences involved loading a horror-themed video game on the classroom PC, turning out the lights, and inviting students to play on the big projector screen.
Why Buy a Mattress? Children's Folklore and Consumer Culture
There is no denying that children’s folklore bears the stamp of commercial culture, but kids are always ready to adapt and satirize popular advertisements. A significant number of children’s parodies of commercials involve the ingestion of a well-branded product and address the implied dangers of voracious consumption.
