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Metropolitan Legends

Metropolitan Legends is a scholarly construct in the field of children's folklore studies that denotes a localized narrative framework derived from urban contexts, distinguished by its synthesis of traditional folkloric elements with contemporary societal anxieties and institutional settings specific to metropolitan environments.

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Authors

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2017–2026

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Publications

4

The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

Gary Alan Fine, Jan Harold Brunvand · Western Folklore · 1982 · 222 citations

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Deep Down in the Jungle: Negro Narrative Folklore from the Streets of Philadelphia.

Michael K. Wallington, Roger D. Abrahams · Man · 1971 · 146 citations

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The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

Janet L. Langlois, Jan Harold Brunvand · Journal of American Folklore · 1983 · 107 citations

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Discharge Before Noon: An Urban Legend

Dan Shine · The American Journal of Medicine · 2014 · 20 citations

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Remembering Gotham: Urban Legends, Public History, and Representations of Poverty, Crime, and Race in New York City

Paul Reckner · International Journal of Historical Archaeology · 2002 · 14 citations

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Authors

6

  1. JH
    Jan Harold Brunvand

    University of Utah, United States

    2 publications · 329 citations

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  2. MK
    Michael K. Wallington

    1 publications · 146 citations

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  3. RD
    Roger D. Abrahams

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    1 publications · 146 citations

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  4. GA
    Gary Alan Fine

    Northwestern University, United States

    1 publications · 222 citations

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  5. JL
    Janet L. Langlois

    1 publications · 107 citations

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Institutions

1

  1. Longmont United Hospital

    Longmont, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  2. Binghamton University

    Binghamton, United States

    1 publications

    14 citations

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Venues

  1. Western Folklore

    1 publications · 222 citations

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  2. The American Journal of Medicine

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  3. Man

    1 publications · 146 citations

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  4. Journal of American Folklore

    JAF · 1 publications · 107 citations

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