Defining Urban Legends
Urban legends are friend-of-a-friend stories (FOAFS) that are told to describe strange, but supposedly real events, when in fact they are fictional through word of mouth invention or distortion. There is usually a true element to the legend, but it becomes fictional as it is passed from one person t...
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Language: | English |
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University of Belgrade
2016-03-01
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Series: | Etnoantropološki Problemi |
Online Access: | http://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/417 |