Ballad-folktales of Cape Verdean immigrants in the United States (1923)
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Portuguese Romancero, folk tale, Cape Verde, immigration, oralityAbstract
In the years 1916-1917 the American anthropologist Elsie Clews Parsons recorded in communities of Cape Verdean immigrants established on the east coast of the United States an important collection of folk tales, which she published in 1923. Among these tales are prose versions of several Hispanic romances: Gerineldo, La doncella guerrera, El Cid y el conde Lozano, El Cid pide parias al rey moro, Gaiferos, Carlomagno y sus doce pares, El conde Alarcos and Bela Infanta. In this article several of these romances-stories are presented and analyzed.
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