Cinderella in America : a book of folk and fairy tales

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For years many folklorists have denied the possibility of a truly American folk or fairy tale. They have argued that the tales found in the United States are watered-down derivatives of European fare. With this gathering, William Bernard McCarthy compiles evidence strongly to the contrary. Cinderell...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: McCarthy, William Bernard, 1939- (Compiler, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007
Subjects:
Tales > United States.
United States > Folklore.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Tales from a new Republic
  • Puerto Rico : the oldest depository of American tales
  • Tales from the Hispanic Southwest
  • Isleño tales from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
  • Cape Verde tales from New England
  • Louisiana Creole tales
  • Cajun tales
  • Tales from the Missouri French
  • From Tidewater to Texas : the southern lowland tradition
  • African American tales of the rural South and the urban North
  • Tales from the coastal Gullah tradition
  • The southern mountains I : from the Blue Ridge to the Ozarks
  • The southern mountains II : The Hicks-Harmon Beech Mountain tradition
  • German traditions in Pennsylvania
  • The Irish-American tale tradition
  • Tales from other communities, ethnic, regional, occupational, and familial
  • European tales in Native American traditions
  • Betty Carriveau Sherman and her father's tales.

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