ISBN:
9781607328070
,
9781607328971
Language:
English
Pages:
xi, 235 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
The International Society for Contemporary Legend Resarch Series
DDC:
398.2
Keywords:
Urban folklore
;
Legends
;
Culture and tourism
;
Haunted places
;
Supernatural
Abstract:
"Explores the practice of legend tripping, where individuals or groups travel to a site where an urban legend is thought to have taken place. Legend tripping is depicted throughout vernacular (contemporary and historical) culture and an expression of humanity's interest in the frontier between life and death"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introduction
,
Early studies
,
Legend-tripping in Ohio
,
Adolescent legend trips as teenage cultural response
,
Legend-trips and satanism
,
Playing with fear
,
Ostensive healing
,
Contemporary ghost hunting and the relationship between proof and experience
,
"There's an app for that"
,
Living legends
DOI:
10.7330/9781607328087
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