Description
Urban Legends Explained is a course that explores the origins, evolution, and cultural significance of popular local legends, published by The Great Courses Plus online academy. This engaging course explores the origins, evolution, and cultural significance of popular local legends. It explores how stories spread, why they capture the public imagination, and what they reveal about fears, values, and social psychology, and offers a critical look at modern popular culture and collective storytelling.
In 12 engaging lectures, “Urban Legends Explained,” you’ll hear the kinds of stories that are happening right now, right where you live. Your instructors, Dr. Sarah Kelto and Dr. Brittany Warman, share some of the strangest stories that are currently popular—perhaps the strangest stories you’ve ever heard—and explain why we keep telling them. Through the analysis of case studies, individuals learn to critically evaluate sources, understand the enduring power of storytelling, and understand how local legends reflect and influence social norms and fears across generations.
What you will learn in Urban Legends Explained:
- Bigfoot, Nessie and the World of the Paranormal
- On Your Street, in Your Neighborhood
- “The Man in the Backseat” and Other Car Legends
- Ghost Stories and the “Disappearing No-Bag”
- And…
Course specifications
Publisher: The Great Courses Plus
Instructors: Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman
Language: English
Level: Introductory to Advanced
Number of Lessons: 12
Duration: 5 hours and 23 minutes
Course topics
Urban Legends Explained Prerequisites
None
Pictures
Urban Legends Explained introduction video
Installation guide
After Extract, watch with your favorite Player.
Subtitle: None
Quality: 720p
Download link
Rapidgator link
File password (s): www.downloadly.ir
Size
4.5 GB
