Manufacturing Tales: Sex and Money in Contemporary Legends

"The reader can see in Fine's collected essays the emergence of a coherent theoretical model for understanding the ways in which social structure, personal imperatives, and performance dynamics interact in the commercial legends we hear so often. Fine's impressive credentials in sociology and social psychology clearly help him to say something new about urban legends." —Jay Mechling, University of California, Davis

"Professor Fine provides here the first detailed theoretical overview of con...