Spring Man - A Belief Legend between Folklore and Popular Culture (Hardcover)

Spring Man: A Belief Legend between Folklore and Popular Culture deconstructs the nationalistic myth of Spring Man that was created after the Second World War in visual culture and literature and presents his original form as an ambiguous ghostly denizen of oral culture. Petr Janecek analyzes the archetypal character, social context, and cultural significance of this fascinating phenomenon with help of dozens of accounts provided by period eyewitnesses, oral narratives, and other sources. At the same time, the author illustrates the international origin of the tales in the originally British migratory legend of Spring-heeled Jack that reaches back to the second third of the 19th century and draws parallels between the Czech myth of spring man and similar urban phantom narratives popular in the 1910s Russia, 1940s U.S. and Slovakia, 1950s Germany, as well as other parts of the world.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books-Fortress Academic
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Folklore and Ethnology: Traditions, Practices, and Identities
Release date:	November 2022
Authors:	Petr Janecek
Dimensions:	236 x 158 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	228
ISBN-13:	978-1-66691-375-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology
LSN:	1-66691-375-8
Barcode:	9781666913750

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