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Latino American Folktales

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Thomas A. Green is associate professor of anthropology at Texas A&M University. His many published books include Greenwood's The Greenwood Library of American Folktales and Praeger's Martial Arts in the Modern World . Klappentext Latino Americans have a powerful voice in society and a wealth of cultural traditions. Fundamental to those traditions are numerous folktales. Some are funny, some draw upon the supernatural, some look back on ancestral ways, and some capture the experience of Latinos in the United States. Written expressly for students and general readers, this book assembles and comments on a wide range of Latino American folktales. These are grouped in topical sections on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural. Each tale is introduced by a headnote, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography of print and electronic resources suitable for student research. Students of literature and language will value this book for its exploration of Latino American folktales, while students of history and society will welcome its illumination of the Latino American experience. The more than 30 tales are grouped in thematic sections on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural. Zusammenfassung Written expressly for students and general readers! this book assembles and comments on a wide range of Latino American folktales. Students of literature and language will value this book for its exploration of Latino American folktales! while students of history and society will welcome its illumination of the Latino American experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Origins Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca Jesus The Peak of Gold Becoming American 2. Heroes, Heroines, Villains, and Fools The Little Green Rabbit A New Mexico David John Tiger The Boy Who Became King Maria the Ash Girl Blanca Flor The Bear Prince The Prohibited Chamber Tale of the Rabbit Brother Coyote Sister Fox and Brother Coyote Pedro de Urdemalas Pablo Apodaca and the Bear 3. Society and Conflict Manuel Jesus Vasques: A Life on the Southwest Frontier Francisco Trujillo and Billy the Kid Elfego Baca Sunday Seven The Bird of the Sweet Song The Louse Skin Coat 4. The Supernatural Papantzin Clemencia and Jos The Giants Secret La Llorona Bullet-Swallower The Accursed Bell El Seor Milagroso Rescues a Stingy Son The Penitent Brothers The Living Spectre Three Live Witches The Witch Deer Witch Tales from New Mexico Selected Bibliography ...

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Authors Thomas A. (EDT) Green
Assisted by Thomas Green (Editor), Thomas A. Green (Editor)
Publisher Greenwood Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 20.03.2009
 
EAN 9780313362996
ISBN 978-0-313-36299-6
No. of pages 174
Dimensions 165 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
Series Stories from the American Mosaic Series
Stories from the American Mosa
Stories from the American Mosaic
Stories from the American Mosaic
Stories from the American Mosa
Subjects Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society
Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories

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