Revaluing the Dynamics of Orality in the Continental Caribbean Literature of Colombia

    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Castillo,Marisol (Author)
    Format:
    Dissertation/Thesis
    Publication Date:
    2011
    URL:
    http://search.proquest.com/docview/892728467/fulltextPDF/CB8A8A93859F47A6PQ/1?accountid=14553
    Published:
    California: University of California, Los Angeles
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
    Subject Term:
    Caribbean area, History, Blacks, Literature, Popular culture, Colombia, African diaspora, South America, Folklore, Oral literature, and Orality
    Notes:
    152 p., Sheds light on the importance of orality as it is embedded in the cultural traditions of the Colombian Caribbean. Examines the different ways in which orality is manifested and produced in Colombian popular culture and literature. Also explores the dynamics of "primary orality," in which orality compensates for the absence of knowledge or usage of a written alphabet, and "secondary orality," in which orality is sustained by a technological device, in this case the cassette.

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