The word mythology (Greek from mythos, a story or legend, and logos, an account or speech) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths - stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity...(Wikipedia). This paper will discuss the single-family myth as a contemporary myth prevalent in North American society and how the single-family myth has shaped my values, practices, and …showed first 75 words of 746 total…

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