Oral Tradition Journal

Oral Tradition Journal
E-ISSN: 1542-4308 Print ISSN: 0883-5365

Welcome to Oral Tradition, a forum for discussion of the world’s oral traditions and related forms, from the ancient world to the present day. OT is freely available to all interested scholars, students, performers, and general readers without charge as an online, open-access resource. Here you will find both the current issue of the journal as well as all back issues from the inaugural publication in 1986 onward. In this electronic incarnation, OT reaches more than 20,000 readers per year in 216 countries and territories, and includes multimedia eCompanions to articles—audio, video, photographic, and other support for the article texts—that help to illuminate the traditions under investigation.

Along with the current Table of Contents and Master Index just below, the menu on the righthand side of the page contains various tools and options to facilitate use of the more than 500 articles and 10,000 pages on this site. The Search mechanism allows users to investigate the OT archive by author, keyword, or more advanced topics. The Summative Bibliography collates every reference or citation made throughout the history of the journal (more than 16,000 items) in a searchable data-base. We also offer a Chinese translation of volume 18 (2003), in which more than seventy authors address two questions: “What is oral tradition in your field?” and “What are the next few challenges in your area?”

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Oral Tradition Current Table of Contents

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Oral Tradition Volume 26, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2010

	Revenge of the Spoken Word?: Writing, Performance, and New Media in Urban West Africa by Moradewun Adejunmobi
	Singing Dead Tales to Life: Rhetorical Strategies in Shandong Fast Tales by Eric Shepherd
	Crossing Boundaries, Breaking Rules:Continuity and Social Transformation in Trickster Tales from Central Asia by Ildikó Bellér-Hann, Raushan Sharshenova
	A Case Study in Byzantine Dragon-Slaying: Digenes and the Serpent by Christopher Livanos
	The Forgotten Text of Nikolai Golovin: New Light on the Igor Tale by Robert Mann
	Collecting South Slavic Oral Epic in 1864: Luka Marjanović’s Earliest Account by Aaron Phillip Tate
	Possibilities of Reality, Variety of Versions: The Historical Consciousness of Ainu Folktales by Minako Sakata
	Pir Sultan Abdal: Encounters with Persona in Alevi Lyric Song by Paul Koerbin
	Ritual Scenes in the Iliad: Rote, Hallowed, or Encrypted as Ancient Art? by Margo Kitts

Oral Tradition Master Index

Oral Tradition Volume 25, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2010

Oral Tradition Volume 25, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2010

Oral Tradition in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Oral Tradition Volume 24, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2009

Sound Effects

Oral Tradition Volume 24, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2009

Oral Tradition Volume 23, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2008

Oral Tradition Volume 23, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2008

Oral Tradition Volume 22, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2007

Basque Special Issue

	eCompanions by John Miles Foley, Mark Jarvis
	Basque Oral Poetry Championship by John Miles Foley
	A Sociological Study of Sung, Extempore Verse-Making by Alfredo Retortillo, Xabier Aierdi
	Social Features Of Bertsolaritza by Jon Sarasua
	Basque Oral Ecology by Joxerra Garzia
	Verse Schools by Ainhoa Agirreazaldegi, Arkaitz Goikoetxea
	In the School Curriculum by Joxerra Garzia
	History of Improvised Bertsolaritza: A Proposal by Joxerra Garzia
	The Process of Creating Improvised Bertsos by Andoni Egaña
	Toward True Diversity in Frame of Reference by Joxerra Garzia
	Interview with Joxe Agirre Esnal by Laxaro Azkune
	Interview with Andoni Egaña Makazaga by Josu Goikoetxea
	Interview with Maialen Lujanbio by Estitxu Eizagirre

Oral Tradition Volume 22, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2007

Bob Dylan’s Performance Artistry

Oral Tradition Volume 21, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2006

Oral Tradition Volume 21, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2006

Oral Tradition Volume 20, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2005

Performance Literature (2)

Oral Tradition Volume 20, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2005

Performance Literature (1)

Oral Tradition Volume 19, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2004

Oral Tradition Volume 19, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2004

Oral Tradition Volume 18, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2003

Synopses of Oral Traditions (2)

Oral Tradition Volume 18, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2003

Synopses of Oral Traditions (1)

Oral Tradition Volume 17, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2002

Oral Tradition Volume 17, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2002

Oral Tradition Volume 16, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2001

Chinese Oral Traditions

Oral Tradition Volume 16, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2001

Oral Tradition Volume 15, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 2000

Oral Tradition Volume 15, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 2000

Oral Tradition Volume 14, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1999

Oral Tradition Volume 14, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1999

Hebrew Oral Traditions

Oral Tradition Volume 13, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1998

Oral Tradition Volume 13, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1998

Native American Oral Traditions: Collaboration and Interpretation

Oral Tradition Volume 12, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1997

Oral Tradition Volume 12, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1997

South Asian Oral Traditions

Oral Tradition Volume 11, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1996

Oral Tradition Volume 11, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1996

Epics Along the Silk Roads

Oral Tradition Volume 10, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1995

Oral Tradition Volume 10, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1995

Oral Tradition Volume 9, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1994

Oral Tradition Volume 9, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1994

African Oral Tradition

Oral Tradition Volume 8, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1993

Oral Tradition Volume 8, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1993

Oral Tradition Volume 7, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
October 1992

Oral Tradition Volume 7, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
March 1992

Oral Tradition Volume 6, Number 2-3 ( Table of Contents )
May 1991

Serbo-Croatian Oral Tradition

Oral Tradition Volume 6, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
January 1991

Oral Tradition Volume 5, Number 2-3 ( Table of Contents )
May 1990

South Pacific Oral Traditions

Oral Tradition Volume 5, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
January 1990

Oral Tradition Volume 4, Number 3 ( Table of Contents )
October 1989

Oral Tradition Volume 4, Number 1-2 ( Table of Contents )
January 1989

Arabic Oral Traditions

Oral Tradition Volume 3, Number 3 ( Table of Contents )
October 1988

Oral Tradition Volume 3, Number 1-2 ( Table of Contents )
January 1988

Oral Tradition Volume 2, Number 2-3 ( Table of Contents )
May 1987

Hispanic Balladry

Oral Tradition Volume 2, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
January 1987

Festschrift for Walter J. Ong

Oral Tradition Volume 1, Number 3 ( Table of Contents )
December 1986

Oral Tradition Volume 1, Number 2 ( Table of Contents )
May 1986

Oral Tradition Volume 1, Number 1 ( Table of Contents )
January 1986

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