West Indian Folk Tales & Acculturation to USA - for children

[spann <spann@STUDENTS.UIUC.EDU>]

Good day all!

I am doing a project on West Indian folk tales and the role cultural stories
play in the process of acculturation or adjustment in the USA.  While my
hypothesis is that folk tales help form and firm up a cultural identity, I
would also like to explore how having a more solid identity enables a child of
West Indian heritage adjust to the lifestyle of their American counterparts.

If any of you have insight on this dynamic and on books I could further
consult, I would appreciate that.

Thank you!

Julia Spann, Graduate Student
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
E-Mail:  spann@uiuc.edu

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