Legend and belief : dialectics of a folklore genre / Linda Dégh.
Legend and belief : dialectics of a folklore genre / Linda Dégh.
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Publisher
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2001.
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N398.2/71
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 498 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents
1. The Topic, Purpose, and Destination of This Book -- 2. Is There a Definition for the Legend? -- 3. Legend as Text in Context -- 4. Legend-Tellers -- 5. The Landscape and the Climate of the Legend -- 6. Texts, Contextualized and Processed.
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Publisher
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2001.
Place of Publication
Indiana
Date Published
c2001.
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Summary
Industrial advancement has not changed the basic fragility of human life, and the commercialization and consumer orientation of the mass media has actually helped legends travel faster and farther. Legends are communicated not only orally, face to face, but also in the press, on radio and television, on countless Web sites, and by e-mail, perpetuat...
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Legend and belief : dialectics of a folklore genre / Linda Dégh.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-488) and index.
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c2001.
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N398.2/71
Record Identifier
74Vv0JMWWAqO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv0JMWWAqO
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ISBN
0253339294 (cl : alk. paper)
9780253339294 (cl : alk. paper)
DDC
398.2
398
MMS ID
991015748549702626
