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OverviewSpring Man: A Belief Legend between Folklore and Popular Culture deconstructs the nationalistic myth of Spring Man that was created after the Second World War in visual culture and literature and presents his original form as an ambiguous ghostly denizen of oral culture. Petr Janeček analyzes the archetypal character, social context, and cultural significance of this fascinating phenomenon with help of dozens of accounts provided by period eyewitnesses, oral narratives, and other sources. At the same time, the author illustrates the international origin of the tales in the originally British migratory legend of Spring-heeled Jack that reaches back to the second third of the 19th century and draws parallels between the Czech myth of spring man and similar urban phantom narratives popular in the 1910s Russia, 1940s U.S. and Slovakia, 1950s Germany, as well as other parts of the world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Petr JanecekPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.494kg ISBN: 9781666913750ISBN 10: 1666913758 Pages: 228 Publication Date: 15 November 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction – Urban Phantom between Comparative Folkloristics and Ethnology Chapter 1. The Birth of a Legend – Spring Man in Czech Folklore and Oral History Chapter 2. Phantoms of the Industrial Age – The Cultural Evolution of Spring Man Chapter 3. The Social and Cultural Functions of Urban Demonology Chapter 4. A Superhero for Every Regime – Spring Man in Visual Culture and LiteratureReviewsSpring man is a hero, a villain, a superhero, a savior, a threat, a warning to children, a warning to occupying forces, a spectre, a monster, a protector, a global phenomenon, an embodiment of a distinctly Czech spirit of resistance, a figure of folklore, a figure from science fiction, an Icarus, a Robin Hood, a Golem, a Batman, pastoral, industrial, urban, and post-modern. Through a deep reading of a vast array of primary sources and with a thorough yet highly accessible presentation of legend scholarship and theory, Petr Janecek has provided this nimble study of the elusive spring man, in what will be a model for future work.--Ian Brodie, Cape Breton University Spring man is a hero, a villain, a superhero, a savior, a threat, a warning to children, a warning to occupying forces, a specter, a monster, a protector, a global phenomenon, an embodiment of a distinctly Czech spirit of resistance, a figure of folklore, a figure from science fiction, an Icarus, a Robin Hood, a Golem, a Batman; pastoral, industrial, urban, and post-modern. Through a deep reading of a vast array of primary sources and with a thorough yet highly accessible presentation of legend scholarship and theory, Petr Janeček has provided this nimble study of the elusive Spring Man, in what will be a model for future work. Author InformationPetr Janeček is associate professor at the Institute of Ethnology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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