World improvised verse /
edited by Xabier Irujo.
- pages cm.
- Conference papers series ; no. 14 .
Includes bibliographical references.
What is oral about poetry? / Ruth Finnegan -- The songs improvised by the poets of the Brazilian Northeast: tradition, urbanization, expansion, animation of a territory / Rougier Thierry -- A Bertso home: architectures of the word and constrictions of gender / Jone M. Hernandez Garcia -- Crossroad: tradition and modernity in the improvised song of Catalan countries / Josep Vicent Frechina -- Singing improvised verses to promote the language in schools: the case of Catalonia / Albert Casals Ibanez -- El punto: forms of transmission in Cuba; knowledge and meanings connected with everyday practice / Patricia Tapanes Suarez -- A strategy to produce your own cultural ecosystem: the case of bertsolaritza / Harkaitz Zubiri, Xabier Aierdi, and Alfredo Retortillo -- Be there. Take the floor. Say something: Bertsolaritza schools, agency and language use / Miren Artetxe Sarasola -- Playing it by ear: an introduction to Welsh strict metre poetry / Eurig Salisbury.
"Collection of articles on improvised oral poetry forms from around the world"--Provided by publisher.