Research Catalog

Title

A Nest of vipers / edited by Gillian Bennett and Paul Smith.

Publication

Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press, [1990], ©1990.

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Additional Authors

• Bennett, Gillian.
• Smith, Paul, 1947 March 6-
• International Society for Contemporary Legend Research.
• University of Sheffield. Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language.
• International Seminar on Contemporary Legend (5th : 1987 : Sheffield, England)
• International Seminar on Contemporary Legend (6th : 1988 : Sheffield, England)

Description

164 pages : illustrations, 1 map; 21 cm.

Series Statement

Perspectives on contemporary legend, 0955-8691 ; 5

Uniform Title

Perspectives on contemporary legend ; v. 5.

Subjects

• Legends > Congresses
• Folklore > Structural analysis > Congresses
• Urban folklore > Congresses

Note

• "A selection of the papers presented at the fifth and sixth International Seminars on Contemporary Legend held in Sheffield, 1987 and 1988."--Pref.
• "Published ... for the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research in association with the Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Viper-release stories: a contemporary French legend / Veronique Campion-Vincent -- Male fantasy or female revenge?: a look at modern rape legends / Frances Cattermole-Tally -- 'Nasty' legends, 'sick' humour and ethnic jokes about stupidity / Christie Davies -- The roommate's suicide and the 4.0 / William S. Fox -- The contexts of the contemporary legend: 'The vanishing hitchhiker' and 'Gravity hill' / Mark Glazer -- The Halifax slasher and other 'urban maniac' tales / Michael Goss -- 'Aids: don't die of ignorance': exploring the cultural complex -- The mutilated shopper at the mall: a legend of urban violence / Eleanor Wachs.

ISBN

1850752567 (pbk.) :

LCCN

gb 90031028

OCLC

• 21874007
• ocm21874007

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries