1st Edition

Brazilian Folk Narrative Scholarship Pbdirect A Critical Survey and Selective Annotated Bibliography

By Mary MacGregor-Villarreal Copyright 1994
262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

Although Brazilian scholars have collected and studied folklore since the second half of the nineteenth century, their work has gone largely unnoticed by folklorists working in other parts of the world. With the exception of anthropologists who occasionally study the folk literature of indigenous peoples in Brazil, few foreigners are familiar with, or even aware of, the kinds of folklore studies... Read more

1. Contemporary Folk Narrative Scholarship  2. Folk Narrative Scholarship prior to 1950  3. Brazilian Research in the Context of Euro-American Folk Narrative Scholarship  4. Conclusion: Brazilian Accomplishments in Folk Narrative Scholarship

Biography

Mary MacGregor-Villarreal