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Mythic Premise 220
Mythic Themes 220
Genre and the Transmission of Cultural Myth 224
Historical Period 225
Mystical Places 226
Idealized Times 227
Cultural Beliefs 228
Inter-genre Analysis 229
Lines of Inquiry 230
Genre Analysis: Mythic Approach 231
Galaxy Quest Teaches Us Why We Should
“Never Give Up, Never Surrender”
Our Cultural Myths by Debra Finkel 231
The Andy Griffith Show as Cultural Myth
by Barb Koch 234
Notes 237
Index 249
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