Oral tradition, volume 02, number 2/3 (May 1987) - Hispanic Balladry

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The Artisan Poetry of the Romancero
by Diego Catalán
Survival of the Traditional Romancero: Field Work
by Ana Valenciano
Migratory Shepherds and Ballad Diffusion
by Antonio Sánchez Romeralo
In Defense of Romancero Geography
by Suzanne H. Petersen
Hunting for Rare Romances in the Canary Islands
by Maximiano Trapero
Collecting Portuguese Ballads
by Manuel da Costa Fontes
The Living Ballad in Brazil: Two Performances
by Judith Seeger
The Traditional Romancero in Mexico: Panorama
by Mercedes Díaz Roig
The Judeo-Spanish Ballad Tradition
by Samuel G. Armistead , Joseph H. Silverman
The Structure and Changing Functions of Ballad Traditions
by Beatriz Mariscal de Rhett
References
by Ruth House Webber

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About the authors (Oral Tradition, 2/2-3, 1987)
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Oral tradition, volume 02, number 2/3 (May 1987) - Hispanic Balladry
(1987-05)
Back matter (Oral Tradition, 2/2-3, 1987)
(1987-05)
References
(1987-05) Webber, Ruth House
The Structure and Changing Functions of Oral Traditions
(1987-05) Mariscal de Rhett, Beatriz
The transmission of knowledge by means of oral literary forms, so strongly attacked by Plato in the fourth century B.C., has not disappeared completely. Throughout the many centuries of supremacy of the written word over non-written communication, many non-literate communities have retained literary traditions that rely on being memorized and orally transmitted by members of that community. Oral traditions that have been able to adapt themselves to the changes in their environment have been able to survive to our day in coexistence with forms of literate origin, although mostly relegated to marginal social groups.