Bright blue cover of Contemporary Legend, Volume 1 (1991), with white text and a label reading “Examination Copy Please Do Not Remove.”

Published: 1991-12-31

Articles

Editorial

Paul Smith

1-4

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Introduction

Tom Green, Sylvia Grider

5-9

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What is the legend after all?

Linda Degh

11-38

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Cattle mutilation: contemporary legends and contemporary mythologies

Bill Ellis

31-80

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Interstitiality in contemporary legends

William M. Clements

81-91

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A behavioral analysis model of contemporary legend

Sandy Hobbs, David Cornwell

93-106

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Bad guys and random violence: folklore and media constructions of contemporary deviants

Joel Best

107-121

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Contemporary legends and popular culture: "it's the real thing"

Paul Smith

123-152

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"Hold the Mayo": purity and danger in an AIDS legend

Janet Langlois

153-172

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Research Notes

The contemporary legend in literature: towards an annotated checklist

Daniel R. Barnes

173-184

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Back Matter

Back Matter

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