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Synopsis
A FOLKLORIC TRADITION THAT IS GAINING NEW TRACTION IN POPULAR CULTURE
From elements of medieval witchcraft reworked in 19th-centuryfolk Catholicism, the Krampus has risen to embody a new countercultural holiday.
With the appearance of the demonic Christmas character Krampus in contemporary Hollywood movies, television shows, advertisements and greeting cards, medieval folklore has now been revisited in European and American cultures. Krampus-related events and parades occur both in North America and Europe, and they are an ever-growing phenomenon.
Though the Krampus figure has once again become iconic, not much can be found about its history and meaning, thus calling for a book like Al Ridenour's THE KRAMPUS: ROOTS AND REBIRTH OF THE FOLKLORIC DEVIL. With Krampus's wild, graphic history, Feral House has hired the awarded designer Sean Tejaratchi to take on Ridenour's book about this ever-so-curious figure.
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About the Author
Al Ridenour is native of Pasadena, California. He holds BAs in German and English literature, has worked as an author, journalist, animator and artist and has been a fixture in the West Coast underground art community since the mid-1990s. His Krampus research has taken him to the Austrian Alps and Munich, and brought him in contact with cultural anthropologists working in Salzburg and Vienna as well as members of contemporary European Krampus groups. In 2013, Ridenour co-founded Krampus Los Angeles. Ridenour has translated and produced the only English-language version of the 19th-century Krampus play, written and lectured on the topic at the Goethe-Institut and exhibited his Krampus suits at the University of Southern California's Doheny Museum.
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