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020			_a9781978810211 _q(hardback)
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050	0	0	_aGR47.P8 _bO23 2020
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100	1		_aOcasio, Rafael, _eauthor
245	1	0	_aRace and nation in Puerto Rican folklore : _bFranz Boas and John Alden Mason in Porto Rico / _cRafael Ocasio.
263			_a2008
264		1	_aNew Brunswick, New Jersey : _bRutgers University Press, _c[2020]
300			_a239 pages ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCritical Caribbean studies series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: Retention and reinvention of Puerto Rican oral folklore tales -- Porto Rico as a colonial scientific laboratory : documenting Puerto Rican oral folklore -- A post-Spanish American War national identity : editing Puerto Rican folktales in a socio-political vacuum -- Jíbaros' authorship through self-literary characterization -- Telling a story about class and ethnicity through fairy tales, Cuentos puertorriqueños and Leyendas -- An (un)colored Puerto Rican culture : unpublished Negro fieldwork in old Loíza -- Tropicalizing the Puerto Rican racial past : the quest of an Indian area.
520			_a"Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore: Franz Boas and John Alden Mason in Porto Rico, 1915 explores the founding father of American anthropology's historic trip to Puerto Rico in 1915. As a component of the Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Boas intended to perform field research in the areas of anthropology and ethnography there while other scientists explored the island's natural resources. Native Puerto Rican cultural practices were also heavily explored through documentation of the island's oral folklore. A young anthropologist working under Boas, John Alden Mason, rescued hundreds of oral folklore samples, ranging from popular songs, poetry, conundrums, sayings, and, most particularly, folktales. Through extensive excursions, Mason came in touch with the rural practices of Puerto Rican peasants, the Jíbaros, who served as both his cultural informants and writers of the folklore samples. These stories, many of which are still part of the island's literary traditions, reflect a strong Puerto Rican identity coalescing in the face of the U.S. political intervention on the island. A fascinating slice of Puerto Rican history and culture sure to delight any reader!"--
600	1	0	_aBoas, Franz, _d1858-1942 _xTravel _zPuerto Rico.
600	1	0	_aMason, John Alden, _d1885-1967 _xTravel _zPuerto Rico.
650		0	_aFolklore _xStudy and teaching _zPuerto Rico _xHistory.
650		0	_aEthnology _zPuerto Rico _xHistory.
650		0	_aOral tradition _zPuerto Rico.
650		0	_aNational characteristics, Puerto Rican.
650		0	_aPuerto Ricans _xEthnic identity.
651		0	_aPuerto Rico _xRace relations.
651		0	_aPuerto Rico _xSocial life and customs.
651		0	_aPuerto Rico _xRelations _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xRelations _zPuerto Rico.
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