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Learning ObjectivesAfter finishing this chapter, students should be able to understand:
- Understand the distinctions between myths, legends, and folktales.
- Understand how myths, legends, and folktales relate to other aspects of culture, including male/female relations, ritual, religion, and social organization.
- Understand how traditional forms of storytelling adapt to change and to new forms of communication technology.
- Understand the relationship in American contemporary culture between popular culture and traditional myths, legends, and folktales.
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