Candace Slater
American academic and researcher specializing in Brazilian literature and culture
About Candace Slater
Born 1948. Candace Slater is an American folklorist.
Candace Slater (born August 28, 1948) is an American academic and researcher specializing in Brazilian literature and culture.
She was born in Mineola, New York. Slater received a PhD from Stanford University. She is a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Berkeley. Her primary area of research has been folk and popular traditions in Brazil, in other countries in Latin America and on the Iberian Peninsula.
Selected books Trail of Miracles: Stories from a Pilgrimage in Northeast Brazil (1986) Stories on a String: The Brazilian Literatura de Cordel (1989) Dance of the Dolphin: Transformation and Disenchantment in the Amazonian Imagination (1994) Entangled Edens: Visions of the Amazon (2003)
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American academic and researcher specializing in Brazilian literature and culture
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Candace Slater was born on 28 August 1948.
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Candace Slater is a folklorist.
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