Insects and their influence, 2005.

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Insects and their influence, 2005.

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Barney collects frightening animal legends and analyzes them for the American values that they contain. Urban legends involving animals invading human spaces -- especially insects and other unappealing animals -- represent American's commitment to cleanliness and the fear of the foreign and unfamiliar. Barney separates legends about animal invasions into three categories: stories of animals invading otherwise sterile environments, stories of encounters with abnormal or frightening species, and stories in which people turned a frightening animal into a pet. Barney concludes that all of the above responses to animal intrusions indicate the American need to make to unfamiliar into the familiar and to use that knowledge to master the foreign world around them and make it safe.

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Brigham Young University.

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Plans for the David O. McKay building began in 1952 after an evaluation by the Brigham Young University College of Education concluded that the existing building for the College of Education were no longer meeting the growing needs of the program. Plans were officially announced in February of 1954 with the completion deadline being set for December of the same year. The building was officially dedicated on December 14, 1954 by President and Sister McKay along with members of the First Presidenc...

Barney, Krista, 1986-

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Barney grew up in Utah and attended Brigham Young University. Her interest in folklore is tied to her interest in the folkloric stories people tell to understand the world. From the description of Insects and their influence, 2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367545187 ...