Did You Hear about the Girl Who ... ? Contemporary Legends, Folklore, and Human Sexuality

Name: Did You Hear about the Girl Who ... ? Contemporary Legends, Folklore, and Human Sexuality
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ISBN: 9780814793220

ISBN-10: 0814793223

ISBN-13: 9780814793220

Edition: 2001

Authors: Marianne H. Whatley, Elissa R. Henken

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"An excellent example of applied folklore." Western Folklore "A book with a wonderful interdisciplinary idea-using sexual urban legends as part of high school and college sex education" The Women's Review of Books, Oct. 2001 "Provocatively bridges the interdisciplinary gap between folklore and sexuality education." Journal of Folklore Research "One might assume that a book on urban legends would be too pop-culturish to be of value to serious sexuality educators and students, but one would be wrong...Whatley and Henken hae written a book that is as intelligent as it is interesting and funny." The Journal of Sex Research Ever hear the one about the man who wakes up after a chance sexual…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 3/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Elissa R. Henken is Associate Professor of English at the University of Georgia.



Preface


Acknowledgments



Yes, We Are Folk and We Do Have Folklore



Contraceptive Jelly on Toast and Other Unintended Consequences of Sexuality Education



You Can't Get Pregnant Your Very First Time: Understandings of Fertility and Birth Control in Folk Beliefs



Lesbians Don't Have Periods and Other Menstrual Folklore



The Tiny Gift-Wrapped Coffin: Addressing Fears of AIDS



Of Gerbils and Stomach Pumps: Homophobia in Legends



The Peanut Butter Surprise: Fear and Loathing of Women's Sexuality



The Frat Boy's Sister and the Chat Room Date: Incest, Accidental and Otherwise



The Stolen Kidney, Leaping Crabs, and Other Dangers of Sexuality



I Don't Believe This but My Friends Do: Using Folklore in Sexuality Education


References


Index


About the Authors