Latino American Folktales

by Thomas A. Green

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313362998
• ISBN13: 9780313362996
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"