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245 00 a| Contemporary legend :b| a reader /c| edited by Gillian Bennett, Paul Smith.;

260 a| New York :b| Garland Pub.,c| 1996.;

300 a| xlvii, 382 pages ;c| 23 cm.;

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490 1 a| Garland reference library of the humanities ;v| v. 1718.a| New perspectives in folklore ;v| v. 4;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 0 a| 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.;

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Contemporary legend : a reader / edited by Gillian Bennett, Paul Smith.

Other author	Bennett, Gillian.
Other author	Smith, Paul, 1947 March 6-
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Garland Pub., 1996.
Description	xlvii, 382 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects	Urban folklore. Legends.

Series	Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 1718. New perspectives in folklore ; v. 4 Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 1718. ^A654521 Garland reference library of the humanities. New perspectives in folklore ; v. 4. ^A369067
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN	96019857
ISBN	0815313179 (alk. paper)
ISBN	9780815313175 (alk. paper)

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