North American monsters : a contemporary legend casebook /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Puglia, David (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Logan : Utah State University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Monsters > North America > Case studies. Folklore > North America > Case studies. Legends > North America > Case studies. Urban folklore > North America > Case studies. Folklore > Amérique du Nord > Études de cas. Légendes > Amérique du Nord > Études de cas. Folklore. Legends. Monsters. Urban folklore. North America. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Elizabeth Tucker
Introduction : Legendary North American Monsters / David J. Puglia
The Boondock Monster of Camp Wapehani / James P. Leary
The Cropsey Maniac / Lee Haring and Mark Breslerman
Alligators-in-the-Sewers : A Journalistic Origin / Loren Coleman
Sasquatch-Like Creatures in Newfoundland : A Study in the Problems of Belief, Perception, and Reportage / Michael Taft
The "Char-Man" : A Local Legend of the Ojai Valley / Charlie Seemann
The Jersey Devil / Angus Kress Gillespie
American Vampires : Legend, the Media, and Tubal Transmission / Norine Dresser
The Ways and Nature of the Zombi / Hans-W. Ackermann and Jeanine Gauthier
Ecotypes, Etiology, and Contemporary Legend : The "Webber" Cycle in Western Newfoundland / John Ashton
The Lake Lieberman Monster / Elizabeth Tucker
A Nessie in Mormon Country : The Bear Lake Monster / Alan L. Morrell
Getting Maryland's Goat : Diffusion and Canonization of Prince George's County's Goatman Legend / David J. Puglia
Tall, Dark, and Loathsome : The Slender Man and the Emergence of a Legend Cycle in the Digital Age / Andrew Peck
Evoking the Shadow Beast : Disability and Chicano Advocacy in San Antonio's Donkey Lady Legend / Mercedes Elaine Torrez
Going Van Helsing in Puerto Rico : Hunting the Chupacabra Legend / Benjamin Radford
Daniel Boone, Yahoos, and Yeahohs : Mirroring Monsters of the Appalachians / Carl Lindahl
The Mothman of West Virginia : A Case Study in Legendary Storytelling / David Clarke
The Windigo as Monster : Indigenous Belief, Cultural Appropriation, and Popular Horror / Gail de Vos
Monsters, Legends, and Festivals : Sharlie, Winter Carnival, and Other Isomorphic Relationships / Lisa Gabbert.