02486nam 22006014a 450 991077786980332120230803195822.01-283-21039-897866132103951-60473-065-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)99100000000047108920050209h20052005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBodies sex, violence, disease, and death in contemporary legend /Gillian Bennett1st ed.Jackson, Miss. :University Press of Mississippi,c2005.©20051 online resource (xv, 313 pages)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.LegendsHuman bodyFolkloreLegends.Human body398.2/09Bennett Gillian801375MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777869803321Bodies3745578UNINA