Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas
Abstract
The construction of a new society just like any development achieved or to be achieved in any one society will depend upon many factors. These can be historical, social, economic, political or even geographic and others. These factors in most cases depend on each other and this dependence results from aspects which are found in almost all of these factors. Folklore can be taken as one of the aspects which is present in all the factors that lead to the development of mankind within a particular society and the development of that society goes hand in hand with its folklore. The role of folklore in the construction of a new society can therefore be studied in relation to a particular society in terms of its functions and content and in relation to a particular society in terms of its functions and content and in relation to the changes in a society. Since it is part of what makes a society complete it has been a subject worth studying in relation to the society. The construction of a new society just like any development achieved or to be achieved in any one society will depend upon many factors