Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore Franz Boas and John Alden Mason in Porto Rico

Rafael Ocasio, "Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore: Franz Boas and John Alden Mason in Porto Rico "
English | ISBN: 1978810202 | 2020 | 252 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
Race and Nation in Puerto Rican Folklore: Franz Boas and John Alden Mason in Porto Rico explores the historic research trip taken 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 while other scientists explored the island’s natural resources. 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 while documenting native Puerto Rican cultural practices. Through his extensive excursions, Mason came in touch with the rural lives of Puerto Rican peasants, the