Folk Stories from the Hills of Puerto Rico / Cuentos folklóricos de las montañas de Puerto Rico / / ed. by Rafael Ocasio.
This exciting new anthology gathers together Puerto Rican folktales that were passed down orally for generations before finally being transcribed beginning in 1914 by the team of famous anthropologist Franz Boas. These charming tales give readers a window into the imaginations and aspirations of Pue...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical Caribbean Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (214 p.) :; 8 b-w images |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- A Note on the Stories
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Jíbaro Readaptations of Fairy Tales snow white and la cenizosa (cinderella)
- Chapter 2 Rescuing Encantados
- Chapter 3 Fantastic and Impossible Quests
- Chapter 4 Juan Bobo a deceiving trickster
- Chapter 5 Beware of Strangers
- Chapter 6 El Pirata Cofresí a national hero and other notable bandits
- Chapter 7 Brief Stories and Anecdotes
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index to the Introduction
- About the Author