ISBN:
9781598846331
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (601 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version What Happens Next? Contemporary Urban Legends and Popular Culture
DDC:
398.209173/2
Keywords:
Urban folklore
;
Legends
;
Mass media and folklore
;
Literature and folklore
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This fascinating book uncovers the history behind urban legends and explains how the contemporary iterations of familiar fictional tales provide a window into the modern concerns-and digital advancements-of our society
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Popularization of the Genre; Contemporary Legends Redefined; Features of Contemporary Legends; Gender Issues in Contemporary Legends; Influences of Electronic Transmission on Contemporary Legends; What's Inside "What Happens Next?"; References; Contemporary Legends in the Literary Arts; Horror Literature; Selected Examples of Literature Incorporating Contemporary Legends; Contemporary Legends in Film and Television; Televised and Filmic Contemporary Legends; Freaky Stories (Television Series)
Description / Table of Contents:
Mythbusters (Television Series)The Simpsons (Television Series); Tales from the Golden Age (2009); Horror Films; Supernatural, Occult and Ghost Films; Slasher Films; Making Their Own Horror Videos; Examples of Horror and Slasher Titles Incorporating Contemporary Legends; Campfire Tales (1997); The Ring (Ringu) (1998) and The Ring (2002); Supernatural (Television Series); Trick 'r Treat (2009); Urban Legend (1998); Urban Legends (Television Series); When a Stranger Calls (2006); Darwin Awards; Debunking and Confirming Contemporary Legends
Description / Table of Contents:
International Society for Contemporary Legend Research (ISCLR)References; Chapter 1 Overview of Media Appearances of Contemporary Legends; Definition of Terms; Commodification of Contemporary Legends; Examples of Ostension and Pseudo-Ostension; Bloody Mary; The Halloween Sadist; Ostensive Abuse; Mass-Mediated Ostension; Candyman (1992); Urban Legends (1998); The X-Files (1993-2002); Most Haunted (2002-10); Supernatural (2005-Present); Blood Oath (2007); Cropsey (2009); Shoefiti; Rationales for Shoefiti; An Ostensive Leave Taking; Shoefiti as an Adapted Art Form; Shoe Trees
Description / Table of Contents:
Shag or Sex BraceletsExamples of Legend Tripping; San Antonio Ghost Tracks; Rehmeyer's Hollow; Stull Cemetery; Screaming Tunnel at Niagara Falls; Legend Tripping in College Tunnels; Cryptozoology and Legend Tripping; The Jersey Devil; Mothman; Commodification of Mothman; Selected Resources on the Mothman; Literary and Visual Adaptations; Legend Tripping; Bloody Mary; Halloween Sadism; Rehmeyer's Hollow; Mercy Brown: Vampire; San Antonio Ghost Tracks; Shoefiti; Tunnel Legends; "The Jersey Devil"; Mothman; Endnotes; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 2 Ostension, Legend Tripping and Commodification of FolkloreDefinition of Terms; Types of Netlore and Newslore; Computer Legends, Viruses and Warnings; E-mail Hoaxes and Social Network Warnings; Types of E-mail Hoaxes; Virus Hoaxes; Giveaway Hoaxes; Charity Hoaxes or Sympathy Hoaxes; Current Examples of E-mail Hoaxes; Fake Amber Alerts; "Strawberry Quick" Panic; "Le-a"; "Nigerian Scam"/"Advance Fee Fraud"/"419 Fraud"; Interview with a "Scammer"; Selected Resources on the "Nigerian Scam"; Social Network Warnings; Chain Letters; Photographic Urban Legends; "Tourist Guy"
Description / Table of Contents:
Photographic Parodies: "Roaming Gnomes"
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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