Archives par mot-clé : Popular cultures

Marika Moisseeff : the werewolf, or the regressive virtuality of the male pubertaire

Approaching the pubertaire phase from the angle of the actualization of a virtuality – being transformed into a procreator – this article establishes a link between a group of theories referring to ontogenesis and phylogenesis, on onehand, and, on the other hand, certain elements of popular imagery that show the male adolescent regressing to an anterior animal stage.