Front Matter

Why Dracula cannot die: The invention of a media-legend

1-27

The fairy-tale paradigm: Contemporary legend on Hans Christian Andersen's parentage

Kirsten Møllegaard

28-46

Body and environment in the contemporary legend: Articulation vs. containment

47-66

Japanese horror cinema—real and imagined folklore and representations of women in Ju-on: The Grudge and Ring

67-93

Ghost stories and a pinecone tree: The coordination of belief, narrative, and material culture

94-120

American Folktales From the Collections of the Library of Congress (Lindahl)

121-123

Folklore/Cinema: Popular Film as Vernacular Culture (Sherman and Koven)

123-128

Back Matter