{"product_id":"urban-legends-irena-jurkovic-9781837723256","title":"Urban Legends: And the Cultural Geography of Horror","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplores the particular significance of the physical spaces that are haunted by urban legends.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Blending folklore studies, media theory, horror criticism, and cultural geography, this collection charts an unprecedented map of urban-legend storytelling, from haunted cemeteries to pixelated backrooms. Across three themed sections, international scholars trace how tales of hook-handed killers and countless other specters migrate through oral tradition, cinema, television, board games, and video games, to continually reshape the fears and identities of the communities that share them. By foregrounding space--the cemetery, the highway, the small town, the livestreamed haunted house--as a dynamic agent rather than passive backdrop, this book reveals how legends build cultural memory, police social boundaries, and critique neoliberal landscapes. Interdisciplinary, globally-scoped, and media-agnostic, \u003ci\u003eUrban Legends: and the Cultural Geography of Horror\u003c\/i\u003e moves beyond folkloric catalogues and genre surveys to show precisely where horror lives today--and why those locations matter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Irena Jurkovic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1837723257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837723256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wales Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Irena Jurkovic","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48742984745215,"sku":"9781837723256","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/urban-legends-irena-jurkovic-9781837723256","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}