| Description |
1 online resource (xlvii, 382 pages) |
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Garland reference library of the humanities ; volume 1718. New perspectives in folklore ; v. 4 |
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Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 1718
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Garland reference library of the humanities. New perspectives in folklore ; v. 4
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| Contents |
Interpreting urban legends / Daniel R. Barnes -- Legend : performance and truth / Gillian Bennett -- Belief and disbelief : an examination of reactions to the presentation of rumour legends / Georgina Boyes -- Folklore and film : some thoughts on Baughman Z500-599 / Larry Danielson -- Psychic ambiguity at the legend core / Carl Lindahl -- Legends as narrative response / W.F.H. Nicolaisen -- Contemporary legend : a legendary genre? / Paul Smith -- The razor blade in the apple : the social construction of urban legends / Joel Best and Gerald T. Horiuchi -- The "image on glass" : technology, tradition, and the emergence of folklore / Barbara Allen Bogart -- Alligators in the sewers / Loren Coleman -- Legend-trips and satanism : adolescents' ostensive traditions as "cult" activity / Bill Ellis -- The rat-dog : an example of a "new" legend / Helmut Fischer -- Welcome to the mainland, welcome to the world of AIDS : cultural variablility, localization and contemporary legend / Diane E. Goldstein -- The vaginal serpent and other themes from Mexican-American women's lore / Rosan A. Jordan -- A mass poisoning rumor in Europe / J.-N. Kapferer -- Why are so many modern legends about revenge? / Bengt af Klintberg -- Legendry, metafolklore, and performance : a Mexican-American example / José E. Limón -- Elvis alive? : the ideology of American consumerism / Peter Stromberg -- The Atlanta child murders : a case study of folklore in the Black community / Patricia A. Turner -- The third force in American folklore : folk narratives and social structures / Gary Alan Fine -- Legend, truth, and news / Elliott Oring -- Satanism : where are the folklorists? / Phillips Stevens, Jr. -- "Now everything makes sense!" : complicating the contemporary legend picture / Donna Wyckoff |
| Summary |
Interpreting urban legends / Daniel R. Barnes -- Legend : performance and truth / Gillian Bennett -- Belief and disbelief : an examination of reactions to the presentation of rumour legends / Georgina Boyes -- Folklore and film : some thoughts on Baughman Z500-599 / Larry Danielson -- Psychic ambiguity at the legend core / Carl Lindahl -- Legends as narrative response / W.F.H. Nicolaisen -- Contemporary legend : a legendary genre? / Paul Smith -- The razor blade in the apple : the social construction of urban legends / Joel Best and Gerald T. Horiuchi -- The ""image on glass"" : techn |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Urban folklore.
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Legends.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Legends
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Urban folklore
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Legende
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Urban legends.
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Westeuropa
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bennett, Gillian
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Smith, Paul, 1947 March 6-
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| ISBN |
9781135812126 |
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1135812128 |
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1299851525 |
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9781299851528 |
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