Great Australian Urban Myths: Revised Edition The Cane Toad High

Great Australian Urban Myths: Revised Edition The Cane Toad High

by Graham Seal
Great Australian Urban Myths: Revised Edition The Cane Toad High

Great Australian Urban Myths: Revised Edition The Cane Toad High

by Graham Seal

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Overview


We like to think that we live in an age of reason and rationality, that uncertainty and the unknown have largely been eliminated by technology and science. But it seems that we have nagging doubts. Continually, we tell each other odd tales about ankle slashers and hairy-armed women in the shopping mall. We hear about phantom hitchhikers and headless bikies on the highways. Dreadful things are reportedly done to small pets at home.tummies explode at work, garden gnomes take international holidays, and what certain celebrities do with gerbils should be nobody's business.these tales are usually called ' contemporary legends' or 'urban myths'. Given their often macabre subjects, most of us hope they are just myths, but whether we believe them or not, these stories are constantly spread around the world by people who apparently believe them to be true. In this revised edition of 'Urban Myths', author Graham Seal tracks down over one hundred contemporary Australian legends guaranteed to fascinate readers with their gruesomeness and their absurdity.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780730450580
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 03/01/2011
Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 260 KB

About the Author

Graham Seal is the author of THESE FEW LINES, which won the National Biography Award in 2008. Professor of Folklore at Curtin University in WA, he is married with two daughters.
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