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Did You Hear About The Girl Who . . . ? - Marianne H. Whatley, Elissa R. Henken

Did You Hear About The Girl Who . . . ?

Contemporary Legends, Folklore, and Human Sexuality
Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2001
New York University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8147-9322-0 (ISBN)
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A collection of hundreds of sexually-themed stories and jokes from college students that tell us what they reveal about our sexual attitudes and show us how they have changed over time.
Ever hear the one about the man who wakes up after a chance sexual encounter to discover he's been involuntarily relieved of one of his kidneys? Or the tiny gift-wrapped box from a recently departed lover that reveals a horrible secret? Everyone knows contemporary legends, those barely believable, often lurid, cautionary tales, always told as though they happened to the friend of a friend. Sometimes we pass them on to others unsure of their truthfulness, usually we dismiss them as mere myth. But these far-fetched legends tell us quite a bit about our deepest fears and fantasies.

In fact, a large part of what we know about our bodies we have learned informally, from kids on the playground or colleagues at work, from piecing together the information contained in folk beliefs, jokes and legends. Sexual folklore goes beyond classroom lessons of mechanics to answer many questions about what people actually do and how they do it.

Mariamne H. Whatley and Elissa R. Henken have collected hundreds of sexually-themed stories and jokes from college students in order to tell us what they reveal about our sexual attitudes and show us how they have changed over time. They confront myths and stereotypes about sexual behavior and use folklore as a tool to educate students about sexual health and gender relations. Whether analyzing popular rumors about celebrity emergency room visits or the latest schoolyard jokes, Did You Hear About The Girl Who . . . ? presents these tales in a way that is intriguing and educational.

Mariamne H. Whatley is Associate Dean of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Elissa R. Henken is Associate Professor of English at the University of Georgia.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.3.2001
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 454 g
Themenwelt Literatur Anthologien
Literatur Comic / Humor / Manga Humor / Satire
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10 0-8147-9322-3 / 0814793223
ISBN-13 978-0-8147-9322-0 / 9780814793220
Zustand Neuware
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