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Urban legends : a collection of international tall tales and terrors / edited by Gillian Bennett and Paul Smith.
Publication details: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2007.Description: xxi, 349 p. ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780313339523 (alk. paper) :
- 031333952X (alk. paper) :
- International tall tales and terrors
- GR78 .U72 2007
Contents:
Summary: This collection describes urban legends in nine themed chapters: city life; horror; accidents, fate, and chance; the body and disease; animals; sex and nudity; merchandise; murder, death, and burial; and the supernatural. The authors compiled stories from friends and colleagues, newspapers and magazines, folklore books and journals, compilations, and correspondence. Interpretation of the legends or explanations for their popularity is avoided, as is discussion of whether they are true. Instead, background on the story and examples of them are given. Criteria for urban legends include presence of a narrative structure, outrageous content in an everyday setting, anonymous origins, and multiple examples. The four indexes are organized by title, examples in film and literature, and subject. Bennett is an independent scholar and the author of works on ghost stories and urban legends. Smith is a professor of folklore at Memorial U. of Newfoundland. Annotation #169;2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
City life -- Horror -- Accidents, fate and chance -- The body and disease -- Animals -- Sex and nudity -- Merchandise -- Murder, death and burial -- The supernatural.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | GR 78 .U72 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:01 - Books | Available | 600453 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-331) and indexes.
Includes filmography: p. [303]-309.
City life -- Horror -- Accidents, fate and chance -- The body and disease -- Animals -- Sex and nudity -- Merchandise -- Murder, death and burial -- The supernatural.
This collection describes urban legends in nine themed chapters: city life; horror; accidents, fate, and chance; the body and disease; animals; sex and nudity; merchandise; murder, death, and burial; and the supernatural. The authors compiled stories from friends and colleagues, newspapers and magazines, folklore books and journals, compilations, and correspondence. Interpretation of the legends or explanations for their popularity is avoided, as is discussion of whether they are true. Instead, background on the story and examples of them are given. Criteria for urban legends include presence of a narrative structure, outrageous content in an everyday setting, anonymous origins, and multiple examples. The four indexes are organized by title, examples in film and literature, and subject. Bennett is an independent scholar and the author of works on ghost stories and urban legends. Smith is a professor of folklore at Memorial U. of Newfoundland. Annotation #169;2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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