Front Matter

Why a legend? Contemporary legends as community ritual

1-36

The role of women in Intifadah legends

37-61

The sociology of contemporary legends: a review of the use of the concept by sociologists

63-83

The persuasiveness of an urban legend: the case of "Mickey Mouse Acid"

85-101

A blast heard round the world

103-119

The earthquake angel: contemporary legend on the New Madrid Fault

121-131

The contemporary legend in literature—towards an annotated checklist, part 3

133-144

The vampire before and after Stoker's Dracula

145-154

The Bloody Hoax (Aleichem)

155

Das Huhn mit dem Gipsbein (Brednich)

155-157

Sea Serpents (Bright)

157-159

Saying Isn Believing: Narrative and the Discourse of Belief in a French Newfoundland Community (Butler)

159-161

AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame (Farmer)

161-163

The Social Psychological Study of Widespread Beliefs (Fraser and Gaskell)

164

In Pursuit of Satan: The Police and the Occult (Hicks)

164-167

The Good People: New Folklore Essays (Narváez)

168-169

Demons, Doctors and Aliens: An Exploration into the Relationships Among Witch Trial Evidence, Sexual-Medical Traditions, and Alien Abductions

170-171

Storytelling in Contemporary Societies (Rörich and Wienker-Piepho)

171-175

City Steeple, City Streets: Saints Tales from Granada and a Changing Spain

175-177

Books received for review

179-185

Videos received for review

185

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