02499nam 22006014a 450 991045173410332120200520144314.01-283-21039-897866132103951-60473-065-X1-4294-6053-9(CKB)1000000000471089(EBL)746922(OCoLC)560217440(SSID)ssj0000113481(PQKBManifestationID)11828157(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113481(PQKBWorkID)10101058(PQKB)11408585(MiAaPQ)EBC746922(Au-PeEL)EBL746922(CaPaEBR)ebr10157895(CaONFJC)MIL321039(EXLCZ)99100000000047108920050209d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBodies[electronic resource] sex, violence, disease, and death in contemporary legend /Gillian Bennett1st ed.Jackson, Miss. University Press of Mississippic20051 online resource (330 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57806-789-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Animals inside : bosom serpents and alimentary amphibians -- Poison and honey -- Aids aggressors : mirrors, caskets, and needles -- Killing the prodigal son -- Dispossessed : the body snatchers -- Blood and babies.Because they are so often told as news, contemporary legends force us to reevaluate life as we know it. They confront us with macabre, fantastic, horrific, or hilarious characters and events that seem to come straight out of myths and folktales, but are presented as present day events. The difficulty is that it is not at all easy to decide whether these often disturbing stories should be treated as reliable or dismissed as fantasy. The legends explored in this book are some of the most bizarre, gruesome, and politically sensitive stories in the contemporary legend canon. At any moment a body mLegendsHuman bodyFolkloreElectronic books.Legends.Human body398.2/09Bennett Gillian801375MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451734103321Bodies2291293UNINA