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Genre/Form: | Conference papers and proceedings Criticism, interpretation, etc Congresses |
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Material Type: | Conference publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gillian Bennett; Paul S Smith |
ISBN: | 185075120X 9781850751205 |
OCLC Number: | 28548827 |
Description: | 252 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
Contents: | pt. 1. Legend: definition and classification: When is a legend?: an essay in legend morphology / Bill Ellis. Enough to constitute a legend? / Sandy Hobbs. Definitional problems in oral narrative / W.F.H. Nicolaisen. Contemporary legend: a legendary genre? / Paul Smith. The Berkeley contemporary legend files / John Niles -- pt. 2. Five local legends: Women's icon, occupational folklore and the media / Georgina Boyes. The hoodoo of the hanging tree / Sheila Douglas. The legend of Joaquin: 'The celebrated California bandit' / James L. Evans. Gravity Hill: belief and belief legend / Mark Glazer. The stories about the painted ceiling of St. Michael's Hildesheim: the problem of contemporary legend / Sigrid Schmidt -- pt. 3. Legends and society: Playful chaos: anatomy of a storytelling session / Gillian Bennett. The appearing hitchhiker: narrative acculturation among the Ramah Navajo / Keith and Kathryn Cunningham. The corporate folk-legend: marketing invention or consumer response / Brian McConnell. |
Series Title: | Perspectives on contemporary legend, v. 4. |
Responsibility: | edited by Gillian Bennett and Paul Smith. |
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