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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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| 500 | . | ‡aFeatured 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. | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aForeword -- 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. |
| 520 | . | ‡a"Mining a broad cross-section of diverse folklore journals and books that demonstrates notable legendary monster research and encourages future scholarly monster pursuits. Focusing on ostensibly living creatures strongly tied to specific geographic areas, the volume offers nineteen folkloristic case studies from the last half-century of specific monsters in native habitats"-- ‡cProvided by publisher. | |
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