LEADER 03455oam 22006374a 450 001 9910524684303321 005 20230712005925.0 010 $a0-253-05560-1 035 $a(CKB)5600000000001729 035 $a(OCoLC)1259583980 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse92535 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88377 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000001729 100 $a20140926d1988 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCrime Victim Stories$eNew York City's Urban Folklore /$fEleanor Wachs 210 $cIndiana University Press$d1988 210 1$aBloomington :$cIndiana University Press,$d1988. 210 4$dİ1988. 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource xx, 138 pages) 330 $aCrime Victim Stories looks at the frightening world of urban violence. Eleanor Wachs analyzes stories of muggings and other crime experiences told by native New Yorkers. By using the personal-experience narrative, the author shows how these shocking stories about the danger and violence of city streets reveal attitudes toward crime, urban groups, and life in general in New York City. These true accounts, frequently embedded in social conversations, suggest ways in which city folk plan to thwart future victimization and tell how a candidate for a mugging?almost anyone?can avoid becoming a victim. These narratives reveal that two standard folklore forms, the urban legend and the shaggy dog story, are the underlying models of crime-victim stories. Oral stories about urban crime often differ from their newspaper counterparts, demonstrating the tenacity of oral tradition in a cosmopolitan environment. Readers will be surprised to learn that these horrifying, and sometimes titillating, stories are filled with stock characters such as the trickster mugger and the clever victim who try to outsmart each other. Crime Victim Stories presents oft-told tales of city life that sometimes shock, often entertain, and also enhance our understanding of daily experience in what is believed to be one of America's most dangerous cities. 606 $aVerbrechensopfer$2gnd 606 $aErlebnisbericht$2gnd 606 $aVictims of crimes$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01166285 606 $aFolklore$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00930306 606 $aCrime$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst00882984 606 $aFolklore urbain$zNew York (E?tat)$zNew York 606 $aVictimes d'actes criminels, Services aux$zNew York (E?tat)$zNew York 606 $aFolklore$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aCrime$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xFolklore 606 $aVictims of crimes$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xFolklore 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$2swd 607 $aNew York (State)$zNew York$2fast 608 $aFolklore. 610 $aFolklore, myths & legends 615 7$aVerbrechensopfer 615 7$aErlebnisbericht 615 7$aVictims of crimes. 615 7$aFolklore. 615 7$aCrime. 615 6$aFolklore urbain 615 6$aVictimes d'actes criminels, Services aux 615 0$aFolklore 615 0$aCrime$xFolklore. 615 0$aVictims of crimes$xFolklore. 700 $aWachs$b Eleanor F$01200138 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524684303321 996 $aCrime Victim Stories$92772185 997 $aUNINA