The Mexican Pet: More "New" Urban Legends and Some Old Favorites

by Jan Harold Brunvand

Hardcover, 1986

Status

Available

Call number

398.2091732 Bru

Publication

W. W. Norton (1986), Edition: 1st, 224 pages

Description

"[The book] captures the spirit of convivial storytelling and even encourages the activity. . . . Many readers . . . will be gratified to know that Brunvand intends to continue this series of relaxed, unofficial excursions into popular legends. Admirers of curiosa and the psychology of crowds cannot afford to miss them." --Kirkus Reviews

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Cult Book: Brunvand has made himself a cult figure with his attacks on urban legends. Unfortunately, he has spawned a cult of know-it-alls who see the debunking of urban legends as the only end of folklore studies. Brunvand misses the point: people often do not believe urban legends anyways, but

enjoy the clever twists of fiction. Debunking is not enough to appreciate the tales he relates.

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