A Master Storyteller and his Distortions of Pre-Columbian and Hispanic Cultures.

Schon, Isabel

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ERIC Number: EJ326533

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1986

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A Master Storyteller and his Distortions of Pre-Columbian and Hispanic Cultures.

Schon, Isabel

Journal of Reading, v29 n4 p322-25 Jan 1986

Discusses how Scott O'Dell's books that deal with pre-Columbian Hispanic cultures reveal his limited views of those cultures and his use of stereotypes in describing the pre-Columbian, Mexican, and Spanish people.

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Credibility, Cultural Awareness, Ethnic Bias, Ethnic Stereotypes, Hispanic American Culture, Literary Criticism, Mexicans, Novels, Secondary Education, Spanish Culture

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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