Mestizaje: Afro-Caribbean and indigenous Costa Rican children’s narratives and links with other traditions

Spanish-Language Narration and Literacy: Culture, Cognition, and Emotion

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 237-270

  Cuneo, C Nicholas ^a   McCabe, Allyssa ^b   Melzi, Gigliana ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afro Caribbean; Children; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; Indigenous; Narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928279357     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511815669.013     Document Type: Chapter

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