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Rafaela G. Castro

Born

Bakersfield, The United States

Website

http://www.rafaelacastro.vpweb.com/

Genre

Nonfiction, Literature & Fiction

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Rafaela G. Castro was born in Bakersfield, California, but grew up in Arvin, a small agricultural town near Weedpatch Camp, the labor camp in John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath. When she was ten years old her family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where she has lived most of her life. She spent two years in Brazil with the Peace Corps before receiving degrees in English Literature, Library Science, and Folklore from the University of California, Berkeley. She has lectured in Ethnic Bibliography and Chicano Studies at UC Berkeley, and recently retired from the Humanities/Social Sciences department of Shields Library at the University of California, Davis.

She is the author of:
* Dictionary of Chicago Folklore (ABC-Clio, Inc., 2000), illustra ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 42 ratings · 3 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Chicano Folklore: A Guide to the Folktales, Traditions, Rituals and Religious Practices of Mexican Americans 3.72 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Provocaciones: Letters from the Prettiest Girl in Arvin 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cantina Confidential it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dictionary of Chicano Folklore it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2000 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Do I Read Next?: Multicultural Literature by Rafaela G. Castro, David Williams (Goodreads Author), Terry Hong 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chicano Folklore: An A-Z of Beliefs, Rituals, Folktales, and More 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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