Bodies : sex, violence, disease, and death in contemporary legend / / Gillian Bennett

• Autore: Bennett Gillian
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, Miss. : , : University Press of Mississippi, , c2005; ©2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 313 pages)
• Disciplina: 398.2/09
• Soggetto topico: Legends; Human body
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Bodies
• ISBN: 1-283-21039-8; 9786613210395; 1-60473-065-X; 1-4294-6053-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777869803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II