The Phantom Hitchhiker

The Phantom HitchhikerA cultural history of the phantom hitchhiker motif across oral tradition, literature, and modern media. Centred on twentieth century Italy and shaped by a distinctive dialogue with Japanese ghostlore, the book explores how this enduring tale reflects shifting cultural imaginaries.

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and Stephen Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

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health technologies

Revealing the sport’s eccentric Victorian origins

where literary elites gathered and about which Willis himself wrote and published extensively

How did the rise of consumer society impact the domestic lives of ordinary workers

Victim-offender mediation

he sits down to write the story of his life as an Australian bushranger

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The chapter discusses the potential contribution of INPM to global warming through emission of nitrous oxide

through the eyes of its youthful vanguard