Front Matter

Editorial

1-4

Introduction

5-9

What is the legend after all?

11-38

Cattle mutilation: contemporary legends and contemporary mythologies

31-80

Interstitiality in contemporary legends

81-91

A behavioral analysis model of contemporary legend

93-106

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

107-121

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

123-152

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

153-172

The contemporary legend in literature: towards an annotated checklist

173-184

Back Matter