The Choking Doberman

Posted on 25 March 2017 by Jan Harold Brunvand

Professor Jan Harold Brunvand expands his examination of the phenomenon of urban legends, those improbable, believable stories that always happen to a friend of a friend. Best Download Books The Choking Doberman Author Jan Harold Brunvand – kino-fada.fr got this years ago by lucklooks like an antiqueThis a great book It does not just lay out the standard urban legends The author is a professor of folklore, and he traces the evolution of urban legends, some of which go all the way back to the Middle Ages.More from the 1980s expert on American folklore and urban legends These aren t just the friend of a friend stories that we ve all heard at one point or another, but also a look into how these things spread, and how certain themes fit in with fears of the times, even how themes can continue over hundreds of years, adapting with society and travelling across countries It s very interesting, but not too scholary or heavy going, so overall good reading.Brunvand covers a variety of themes in this b More from the 1980s expert on American folklore and urban legends These aren t just the friend of a friend stories that we ve all heard at one point or another, but also a look into how these things spread, and how certain themes fit in with fears of the times, even how themes can continue over hundreds of years, adapting with society and travelling across countries It s very interesting, but not too scholary or heavy going, so overall good reading.Brunvand covers a variety of themes in this book, kicking off with the Choking Doberman and various dog and attacker stories There s even an interesting and lengthy account of rumours and urban myths that caused the company PG a lot of headaches when it got all over the States that their company logo was a Satanist symbol and they donated profits to Satan...Popular analysis of urban legends by a folklore professor I read Brunvand s first book, The Vanishing Hitchhiker, last year first published in 1981, it apparently became a bit of a phenomenon, and the later books reflect that I preferred Doberman to The Mexican Pet, which I read soon after, because it containsin depth analysis, though both books are a great deal of fun, both because they reprint these delightfully disturbing tales many of which still have the power to freak me out, e Popular analysis of urban legends by a folklore professor I read Brunvand s first book, The Vanishing Hitchhiker, last year first published in 1981, it apparently became a bit of a phenomenon, and the later books reflect that I preferred Doberman to The Mexican Pet, which I read soon after, because it containsin depth analysis, though both books are a great deal of fun, both because they reprint these delightfully disturbing tales many of which still have the power to freak me out, even though I know they re fake fake fake and because they do such a good job tracing the ways the various stories shift and evolve I am also quite charmed by the fact that all of these books are pre World Wide Web, giving them a glamour that only tales passed on by mimeographed pages can provide.Urban legends have of course evolved to fit the age of the internet, though In fact, just this weekend I...I finished this less than twenty four hours after buying it, which should speak for its fascination As a long time reader of snopes.com, I d often seen this or Brunwald s previous work, The Vanishing Hitchhiker American Urban Legends and Their Meanings, cited, so I was eager to read it first hand Tales I knew from boarding school and from the dead grannies conference on CIX are recorded and deconstructed along with their subconscious or conscious meanings and morals The titular legend in part I finished this less than twenty four hours after buying it, which should speak for its fascination As a long time reader of snopes.com, I d often seen this or Brunwald s previous work, The Vanishing Hitchhiker American Urban Legends and Their Meanings, cited, so I was eager to read it first hand Tales I knew from boarding school and from the dead grannies conference on CIX are recorded and deconstructed al...I heard the story of the choking Doberman a couple of decades ago I first heard the story from a relative living back East Later, a totally unrelated person living out West told me a nearly identical story I remember thinking, How could such an unusual incident occur and repeat itself exactly in a totally different part of the country The story was related to me as being true You know, it happened to the friend of a friend of a friend Later, I stumbled across this book and was introduc I heard the story of the choking Doberman a couple of decades ago I first heard the story from a relative living back East Later, a totally unrelated person living out West told me a nearly identical...Author Jan Harold Brunvand is a well known folklorist, having appeared on Letterman and written a number of books on the subject This classic covers some well traveled urban legends from the 80s His witty style and conversational tone fits oddly with the subject matter one the one hand, the book tries to be a reference work documenting some popular modern myths, but instead of just reporting the stories, the author tries to fit them into a conversational framework I m not sure it worked that Author Jan Harold Brunvand is a well known folklorist, having appeared on Letterman and written a number of books on the subject This classic covers some well traveled urban legends from t...I read this back in college, and was of course overjoyed when a classmate told the Doberman story in one of my news writing classes She of course, swore up and down it was fact, and had happened to a relative of hers I love it Also of note the man eating dog in the story swi...This was a bit dated, having been written in the mid 80s, but still quite entertaining Brunvand explores many myths that have been passed as fact throughout history, and debunks them systematically Many of the camp fire horror stories you heard as a child get this ...More urban legend goodness Oh yeah I remember that I read several books by Jan Harold Brunvand when I was depressed They are good for depression reading for several reasons.1 The chapters are short.2 The chapters do not need to be read in order.3 The stories are humorous.4 No pesky characters to di...

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25 March 2017

Jan Harold Brunvand