North American monsters : a contemporary legend casebook
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- ISBN: 9781646421596 (softcover)
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xxiii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - Publisher: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
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General Note: | Featured folklorists include James P. Leary, Lee Haring, Mark Breslerman, Loren Coleman, Michael Taft, Charlie Seemann, Angus Kress Gillespie, Norine Dresser, Hans-W. Ackermann, Jeanine Gauthier, John Ashton, Elizabeth Tucker, Alan L. Morrell, Andrew Peck, Mercedes Elaina Torrez, David Clarke, Gail de Vos, Lisa Gabbert, Carl Lindahl, and Benjamin Radford. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Are There Monsters? -- Introduction: Legendary North American Monsters -- 1. The Boondock Monster of Camp Wapehani -- 2. The Cropsey Maniac -- 3. Alligators-in-the-Sewers: A Journalistic Origin -- 4. Sasquatch-Like Creatures in Newfoundland: A Study in the Problems of Belief, Perception, and Reportage -- 5. The "Char-Man": A Local Legend of the Ojai Valley -- 6. The Jersey Devil -- 7. American Vampires: Legend, the Media, and Tubal Transmission -- 8. The Ways and Nature of the Zombi -- 9. Ecotypes, Etiology, and Contemporary Legend: The "Webber" Cycle in Western Newfoundland -- 10. The Lake Lieberman Monster -- 11. A Nessie in Mormon Country: The Bear Lake Monster -- 12. Getting Maryland's Goat: Diffusion and Canonization of Prince George's County's Goatman Legend -- 13. Tall, Dark, and Loathsome: The Slender Man and the Emergence of a Legend Cycle in the Digital Age -- 14. Evoking the Shadow Beast: Disability and Chicano Advocacy in San Antonio's Donkey Lady Legend -- 15. Going Van Helsing in Puerto Rico: Hunting the Chupacabra Legend -- 16. Daniel Boone, Yahoos, and Yeahohs: Mirroring Monsters of the Appalachians -- 17. The Mothman of West Virginia: A Case Study in Legendary Storytelling -- 18. The Windigo as Monster: Indigenous Belief, Cultural Appropriation, and Popular Horror -- 19. Monsters, Legends, and Festivals: Sharlie, Winter Carnival, and Other Isomorphic Relationships -- Discussion Questions and Projects -- Glossary of Key Terms -- Recommended Reading List. |
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Subject: | Monsters -- North America -- Case studies Folklore -- North America -- Case studies Legends -- North America -- Case studies Urban folklore -- North America -- Case studies |
Topic Heading: | Indigenous. First Nations. |
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David J. Puglia is associate professor and deputy chairperson in the Department of English Language & Literature at Bronx Community College of the City University of New York. In 2011 he won the International Society for Contemporary Legend Researchâs Dr. David Buchan Student Essay Prize for his Goatman research featured in North American Monsters. He is the author or coauthor of three books on state or regional folklore: South Central Pennsylvania Legends and Lore, Maryland Legends: Folklore from the Old Line State, and Tradition, Urban Identity, and the Baltimore âHonâ: The Folk in the City.