Antropoloxía e Literatura Oral

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  • Xerardo Pereiro Pérez Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, extensão de Miranda do Douro

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The paper presents some lines of thought considered to be fundamental in the study of oral literature. The perspective followed is one marked by socio/cultural anthropology, but one that is also related to all of those Social Sciences and Humanities that analyse oral traditions. Literature gives us data on social organization, on the life style and culture of a social group, both past and present. Oral literature, in particular, is a extremely suitable vehicle for reaching the collective imaginary of the group that creates it.

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