Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Samuel G. Armistead. "Hispanic Folk Literature Among the Isleños." In Perspectives on Ethnicity in New Orleans. Ed. John Cooke and Mackie J-V. Blantan. New Orleans: The Committee on Ethnicity in New Orleans. pp. 21-31.

Describes examples of forms of oral literature, including the décima, coplas, cumulative song, counting rhyme, riddles, folktales, and memorates from the Isleño people of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. Discusses social and geographic influences on the transmission of the traditionally Hispanic forms to the present day Isleño population.
Area: HI, US