The Mexican Pet
Author | : Jan Harold Brunvand |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Legends |
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Author | : Jan Harold Brunvand |
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Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Legends |
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Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 1996 |
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Author | : Jan Harold Brunvand |
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Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Legends |
ISBN | : 9780140117684 |
Author | : Jan Harold Brunvand |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1988-04-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0393346552 |
"A uniquely entertaining book: edifying scholarship, diverting social history."—Elaine Kendall, Los Angeles Times "[The book] captures the spirit of convivial storytelling and even encourages the activity. . . . Many readers . . . will be gratified to know that Brunvand intends to continue this series of relaxed, unofficial excursions into popular legends. Admirers of curiosa and the psychology of crowds cannot afford to miss them." —Kirkus Reviews
Author | : Simon J. Bronner |
Publisher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 2012-09-10 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1628467789 |
From their beginnings, campuses emerged as hotbeds of traditions and folklore. American college students inhabit a culture with its own slang, stories, humor, beliefs, rituals, and pranks. Simon J. Bronner takes a long, engaging look at American campus life and how it is shaped by students and at the same time shapes the values of all who pass through it. The archetypes of absent-minded profs, fumbling jocks, and curve-setting dweebs are the stuff of legend and humor, along with the all-nighters, tailgating parties, and initiations that mark campus tradition—and student identities. Undergraduates in their hallowed halls embrace distinctive traditions because the experience of higher education precariously spans childhood and adulthood, parental and societal authority, home and corporation, play and work. Bronner traces historical changes in these traditions. The predominant context has shifted from what he calls the “old-time college,” small in size and strong in its sense of community, to mass society’s “mega-university,” a behemoth that extends beyond any campus to multiple branches and offshoots throughout a state, region, and sometimes the globe. One might assume that the mega-university has dissolved collegiate traditions and displaced the old-time college, but Bronner finds the opposite. Student needs for social belonging in large universities and a fear of losing personal control have given rise to distinctive forms of lore and a striving for retaining the pastoral “campus feel” of the old-time college. The folkloric material students spout, and sprout, in response to these needs is varied but it is tied together by its invocation of tradition and social purpose. Beneath the veil of play, students work through tough issues of their age and environment. They use their lore to suggest ramifications, if not resolution, of these issues for themselves and for their institutions. In the process, campus traditions are keys to the development of American culture.
Author | : Gary Alan Fine |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2013-02-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0199750459 |
Far from mere idle tales, rumors are a valuable window into our anxieties and fears. Rumors let us talk as a community about some very inflammatory issues--issues that may be embarrassing or disturbing to discuss-allowing us to act as if we are talking about real events, not personal beliefs. We can air our hidden fears and desires without claiming these attitudes as our own. In The Global Grapevine, two leading authorities on rumor, folklore, and urban legend--Gary Alan Fine and Bill Ellis--shed light on what contemporary rumors can tell us about the fears and pressures of globalization. In particular, they examine four major themes that emerge over and over again: rumors about terrorism, about immigration, about international trade, and about tourism. The authors analyze how various rumors underscore American reactions to perceived global threats, show how we interpret our changing world, and highlight fears, fantasies, and cherished beliefs about our place in the world. Along the way the book examines a wide variety of rumors-that the Israelis were behind 9-11, the President knew of the attack in advance, tourists wake up in foreign countries with their kidneys stolen, foreign workers urinate in vats of beer destined to be shipped to America. These rumors, the authors argue, reflect our anxieties and fears about contact with foreign cultures-whether we believe foreign competition to be poisoning the domestic economy or that foreign immigration to be eroding American values. Rumors are the visible tip of a vast iceberg of hidden anxieties. Illuminating the most widely circulated rumors in America in recent years, The Global Grapevine offers an invaluable portrait of what these tales reveal about contemporary society.
Author | : Margaret Read MacDonald |
Publisher | : august house |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780874833041 |
Instruction on how to tell stories. Includes 12 tales from other countries.
Author | : Pamela Donovan |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2004-02-24 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1135936412 |
This book examines both 'old media' treatment of crime legends: news reports, fictional film and television depictions, as well as 'new' media interactive discussions of them via the Internet and electronic mail.
Author | : Jack Salzman |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 1124 |
Release | : 1990-05-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521365598 |
This volume supplements the acclaimed three volume set published in 1986 and consists of an annotated listing of American Studies monographs published between 1984 and 1988. There are more than 6,000 descriptive entries in a wide range of categories: anthropology and folklore, art and architecture, history, literature, music, political science, popular culture, psychology, religion, science and technology, and sociology.
Author | : Jan Harold Brunvand |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780252070044 |
"Here he [the author] looks in detail at a dozen rampant and long-lived examples of this vigorous category of contemporary folklore, tracing their historyies, variations, sources, and meanings."--Jacket.