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Tales from the Basotho

By Minnie Postma; Translated by Susie McDermid
University of Texas Press

A collection of folktales from southern Africa.

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Poor Pearl, Poor Girl!

The Murdered-Girl Stereotype in Ballad and Newspaper

University of Texas Press

A ballad study conducted on historic-geographic lines, seeking to trace the history and interrelations of a series of ballad texts and to relate the ballads directly to their ideological and historical context in the American scene.

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Mexican Folk Narrative from the Los Angeles Area

Introduction, Notes, and Classification

University of Texas Press

A collection of sixty-two legendary narratives and twenty traditional tales from Mexican Americans in urban Los Angeles.

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Mythology and Values

An Analysis of Navaho Chantway Myths

University of Texas Press

A study of a society’s cultural values through the lens of its mythology.

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