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The Watkins Book of Urban Legends

Gail De Vos

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Description:A rich and unique collection of folktales and urban legends from around the world. Each story comes with an accompanying brief note to provide context. Including new tales reflecting new concerns; old tales repurposed for new audiences and new ways of telling.The collection illustrates that these stories are now alive across many new media. This is the first such popular book to bring together stories with both traditional and digital media origins and to examine how the phenomenon of social media has affected both the spread of urban legends and their very nature.• Features the uniquely modern manifestation of folk mythology and legend, now made ubiquitous by the internet; the conspiracy theory.• Includes urban legends such as: The Pickled Hand, The Babysitter, The Sandman.• Includes conspiracy theories such as: Wild Fires, Fifteen Minute Cities and Organ Theft.• 40% of the stories originate in North America, 30% in Europe, 20% in Asia, 10% in Africa and elsewhere• The book also shows how stories spread and change from the country of origin to become global.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Watkins Book of Urban Legends. To get started finding The Watkins Book of Urban Legends, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: A rich and unique collection of folktales and urban legends from around the world. Each story comes with an accompanying brief note to provide context. Including new tales reflecting new concerns; old tales repurposed for new audiences and new ways of telling.The collection illustrates that these stories are now alive across many new media. This is the first such popular book to bring together stories with both traditional and digital media origins and to examine how the phenomenon of social media has affected both the spread of urban legends and their very nature.• Features the uniquely modern manifestation of folk mythology and legend, now made ubiquitous by the internet; the conspiracy theory.• Includes urban legends such as: The Pickled Hand, The Babysitter, The Sandman.• Includes conspiracy theories such as: Wild Fires, Fifteen Minute Cities and Organ Theft.• 40% of the stories originate in North America, 30% in Europe, 20% in Asia, 10% in Africa and elsewhere• The book also shows how stories spread and change from the country of origin to become global.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Watkins Book of Urban Legends. To get started finding The Watkins Book of Urban Legends, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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