| Description |
xvi, 246 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. The outlaw legend -- 2. Outlaws of myth -- 3. British highwaymen -- 4. American badmen -- 5. Australian bushrangers -- 6. Outlaw to national hero: the case of Ned Kelly -- 7. Interpreting the Legend: convenient fictions, lore and law |
| Summary |
Graham Seal celebrates the manifestations of the tradition through ballads, songs and stories, many of which are reproduced in the book. He also examines the tradition itself, looking at the relationship between history and folklore and discovering that the tradition is often articulated at moments of social, economic and political stress. He addresses the interesting question of how a cultural tradition develops and endures |
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The Outlaw Legend explores the cultural tradition of outlaw heroes. Remembered and recreated through song, stories and film, this tradition has been remarkably resilient across time and place. Graham Seal shows that these famous 'social bandits' share many characteristics, particularly as helpers of the poor pitched against authority, and are best understood within class, ethnic and national struggles |
| Analysis |
Criminals |
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Folklore |
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Great Britain |
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United States |
| Notes |
Author is a resident of W.A |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index |
| Subject |
Brigands and robbers -- Australia -- Legends.
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Brigands and robbers -- Great Britain -- Folklore.
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Brigands and robbers -- Great Britain -- Legends.
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Brigands and robbers -- United States -- Folklore.
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Brigands and robbers -- United States -- Legends.
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Bushrangers -- Australia -- Folklore.
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Bushrangers.
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Folk literature, American.
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Folk literature, Australian
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Folk literature, English.
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Folk literature, Irish.
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Folklore -- Australia.
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Folklore -- Great Britain.
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Outlaws in popular culture.
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Folklore -- United States.
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Outlaws -- Australia.
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Outlaws -- Great Britain.
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Outlaws in literature.
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Outlaws -- United States.
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Outlaws.
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| Genre/Form |
Folklore.
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| LC no. |
95048971 |
| ISBN |
0521553172 |
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0521557402 (paperback) |
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9780521557405 (paperback) |
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