The folklore of the split society: rumours of cannibalism in postwar Estonia

Abstract

This publication is a compilation of revised chapters from two books: Kalmre E. (2013). The Human Sausage Factory: A Study of Post-War Rumour in Tartu. Amsterdam: Rodopi. and Kalmre E. (2007, 2008). Hirm ja võõraviha sõjajärgses Tartus. Pärimuslooline uurimus kannibalist likest kuulujuttudest [Fear and Hatered of the “Other” in Post-War Tartu. A Folkloristic Study of Rumours of Cannibalism]. ELM Scholarly Press, Tartu.