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Peer reviewedLastra, Sarai – Library Trends, 1999
Investigates a hypothesis that concerns the importance of storytelling as an infrastructure that serves to create, transmit, and authenticate folklore based on a collection of Puerto Rican children's folktales with the character of Juan Bobo. Discusses cultural identity and boundaries, oral traditions, classification of folktales, and future…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classification, Cultural Context, Culture Conflict
