The Bear and His Sons: Masculinity in Spanish and Mexican Folktales

by James M. Taggart

Book Overview

All the world over, people tell stories to express their deepest feelings about such things as what makes a "real" man or woman; what true love, courage, or any other virtue is; what the proper relationships are between people. Often groups of people widely separated by space or time will tell the same basic story, but with differences in the details that reveal much about a particular group's worldview.

This book looks at differences in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292781458
• ISBN13: 9780292781450
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 9.2"