Jan Harold Brunvand

"Hearsey: Artists Reveal Urban Legends explores these stories through vivid visual representations by 37 contemporary artists and imaginative essays by critics and curators, with an Introduction by noted urban legend expert Jan Harold Brunvand. More than 50 color illustrations accompany the artists' personal revelations about the tales that inspired their works." -- inside back cover of book.

Index and bibliographic references included.

"The range of general topics covered runs from traditional areas like folklore scholarship, film and folklore, [etc.]... to such leading-edge topics as bodylore, coding in American folk culture, cultural studies, computer folklore, empowerment, organizational folklore, and postmodernism."--Preface.

A collection of over ninety frightening urban legends, arranged by theme.

The Encyclopedia of Urban Legends is the definitive work from the world's foremost authority on the study of urban legends, Jan Harold Brunvand. This encyclopedia offers descriptions of hundreds of individual legends. The thorough coverage of urban legends includes all countries in which published urban legend collections are presently available. Urban legends are a specimen of modern folk narrative, and this encyclopedia contains entries on how to collect, classify, and analyze texts and performances.Other entries discuss the relationship of urban legends to literature, film, comic books, music, and many other areas of popular culture. Coverage includes academic legends, earthquake stories, Internet resources, tabloids in urban legends, and more. All entries are cross referenced and feature brief bibliographies. A general bibliography suggests further readings on the subject. The volume is richly illustrated and is based on the latest scholarship, including materials available on the Internet.

"This revised edition of the original reference standard for urban legends provides an updated anthology of common myths and stories, and presents expanded coverage of international legends and tales shared and popularized online"--

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