Fossil legends of the first Americans / / Adrienne Mayor
| Fossil legends of the first Americans / / Adrienne Mayor |
| Autore | Mayor Adrienne <1946-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (489 p.) |
| Disciplina | 398/.36 |
| Soggetto topico |
Indians - Antiquities
Indians Fossils - America - History Fossils - America Tales - America Paleontology - America Paleoanthropology - America |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-691-11345-9
1-4008-4931-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Marsh monsters of big bone lick -- The northeast: giants, great bears, and grandfather of the buffalo -- New Spain: bones of fear and birds of terror -- The southwest: fossil fetishes and monster slayers -- The prairies: fossil medicine and spirit animals -- The high plains: thunder birds, water monsters, and buffalo-calling stones -- Common ground -- Fossil frauds and specious legends. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453724703321 |
Mayor Adrienne <1946->
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fossil legends of the first Americans / / Adrienne Mayor
| Fossil legends of the first Americans / / Adrienne Mayor |
| Autore | Mayor Adrienne <1946-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (489 p.) |
| Disciplina | 398/.36 |
| Soggetto topico |
Indians - Antiquities
Indians Fossils - America - History Fossils - America Tales - America Paleontology - America Paleoanthropology - America |
| ISBN |
0-691-24561-4
0-691-11345-9 1-4008-4931-4 |
| Classificazione | 73.56 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Marsh monsters of big bone lick -- The northeast: giants, great bears, and grandfather of the buffalo -- New Spain: bones of fear and birds of terror -- The southwest: fossil fetishes and monster slayers -- The prairies: fossil medicine and spirit animals -- The high plains: thunder birds, water monsters, and buffalo-calling stones -- Common ground -- Fossil frauds and specious legends. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790654303321 |
Mayor Adrienne <1946->
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fossil legends of the first Americans / / Adrienne Mayor
| Fossil legends of the first Americans / / Adrienne Mayor |
| Autore | Mayor Adrienne <1946-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (489 p.) |
| Disciplina | 398/.36 |
| Soggetto topico |
Indians - Antiquities
Indians Fossils - America - History Fossils - America Tales - America Paleontology - America Paleoanthropology - America |
| ISBN |
0-691-24561-4
0-691-11345-9 1-4008-4931-4 |
| Classificazione | 73.56 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Marsh monsters of big bone lick -- The northeast: giants, great bears, and grandfather of the buffalo -- New Spain: bones of fear and birds of terror -- The southwest: fossil fetishes and monster slayers -- The prairies: fossil medicine and spirit animals -- The high plains: thunder birds, water monsters, and buffalo-calling stones -- Common ground -- Fossil frauds and specious legends. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810819103321 |
Mayor Adrienne <1946->
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2005] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The last laugh [[electronic resource] ] : folk humor, celebrity culture, and mass-mediated disasters in the digital age / / Trevor J. Blank
| The last laugh [[electronic resource] ] : folk humor, celebrity culture, and mass-mediated disasters in the digital age / / Trevor J. Blank |
| Autore | Blank Trevor J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
| Disciplina | 398/.36 |
| Collana | Folklore studies in a multicultural world |
| Soggetto topico |
Folklore and the Internet
Folklore |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-299-29203-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Cyberspace, Technology, and Mass Media in the Twenty-First Century""; ""Chapter 1. Searching for Connections: How And Why We Use New Media For Vernacular Expression ""; ""Chapter 2. Changing Technologies, Changing Tastes: The Evolution Of Humor And Mass-Mediated Disasters In The Late Twentieth Century ""; ""Chapter 3. From 9/11 To The Death Of Bin Laden: Vernacular Expression And The Emergence Of Web 2.0""; ""Chapter 4. ""Intimate Strangers"" The Folk Response To Celebrity Death And Falls From Grace""
""Chapter 5. From Sports Hero to Supervillain Or, How Tiger Woods Wrecked His Car(eer) """"Chapter 6. Dethroning the King of Pop: Michael Jackson And The Humor Of Death""; ""Chapter 7. Laughing to Death: Tradition, Vernacular Expression and American Culture In The Digital Age ""; ""Afterword ""; ""Glossary ""; ""Notes""; ""References ""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463731103321 |
Blank Trevor J
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| Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The last laugh [[electronic resource] ] : folk humor, celebrity culture, and mass-mediated disasters in the digital age / / Trevor J. Blank
| The last laugh [[electronic resource] ] : folk humor, celebrity culture, and mass-mediated disasters in the digital age / / Trevor J. Blank |
| Autore | Blank Trevor J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
| Disciplina | 398/.36 |
| Collana | Folklore studies in a multicultural world |
| Soggetto topico |
Folklore and the Internet
Folklore |
| ISBN | 0-299-29203-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Cyberspace, Technology, and Mass Media in the Twenty-First Century""; ""Chapter 1. Searching for Connections: How And Why We Use New Media For Vernacular Expression ""; ""Chapter 2. Changing Technologies, Changing Tastes: The Evolution Of Humor And Mass-Mediated Disasters In The Late Twentieth Century ""; ""Chapter 3. From 9/11 To The Death Of Bin Laden: Vernacular Expression And The Emergence Of Web 2.0""; ""Chapter 4. ""Intimate Strangers"" The Folk Response To Celebrity Death And Falls From Grace""
""Chapter 5. From Sports Hero to Supervillain Or, How Tiger Woods Wrecked His Car(eer) """"Chapter 6. Dethroning the King of Pop: Michael Jackson And The Humor Of Death""; ""Chapter 7. Laughing to Death: Tradition, Vernacular Expression and American Culture In The Digital Age ""; ""Afterword ""; ""Glossary ""; ""Notes""; ""References ""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788311403321 |
Blank Trevor J
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| Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The last laugh : folk humor, celebrity culture, and mass-mediated disasters in the digital age / / Trevor J. Blank
| The last laugh : folk humor, celebrity culture, and mass-mediated disasters in the digital age / / Trevor J. Blank |
| Autore | Blank Trevor J |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
| Disciplina | 398/.36 |
| Collana | Folklore studies in a multicultural world |
| Soggetto topico |
Folklore and the Internet
Folklore |
| ISBN |
9780299292034
0299292037 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Cyberspace, Technology, and Mass Media in the Twenty-First Century""; ""Chapter 1. Searching for Connections: How And Why We Use New Media For Vernacular Expression ""; ""Chapter 2. Changing Technologies, Changing Tastes: The Evolution Of Humor And Mass-Mediated Disasters In The Late Twentieth Century ""; ""Chapter 3. From 9/11 To The Death Of Bin Laden: Vernacular Expression And The Emergence Of Web 2.0""; ""Chapter 4. ""Intimate Strangers"" The Folk Response To Celebrity Death And Falls From Grace""
""Chapter 5. From Sports Hero to Supervillain Or, How Tiger Woods Wrecked His Car(eer) """"Chapter 6. Dethroning the King of Pop: Michael Jackson And The Humor Of Death""; ""Chapter 7. Laughing to Death: Tradition, Vernacular Expression and American Culture In The Digital Age ""; ""Afterword ""; ""Glossary ""; ""Notes""; ""References ""; ""Index"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910952248203321 |
Blank Trevor J
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| Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2013 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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