Folklore Figures of French and Creole Louisiana Kristy Maddux Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang

and he's even too big to build a bridge

Carina Evans Hoffpauir

The authors help both new and experienced educators engage in a fundamental shift in their teaching approach: from behaviorism to constructivism

Folklore Figures of French and Creole Louisiana Kristy Maddux Andrew LangIn Folklore Figures of French and Creole Louisiana, Nathan J. Rabalais examines the impact of Louisiana's remarkably diverse cultural and ethnic groups on folklore characters and motifs during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Establishing connections between Louisiana and France, West Africa, Canada, and the Antilles, Rabalais explores how folk characters, motifs, and morals adapted to their new contexts in Louisiana. By viewing the state's