Brazilian chapbooks, known as literatura de cordel, offer a window on Brazilian popular culture at the same time they serve as a little-explored source for a greater understanding of Brazil’s history and society as perceived at the grassroots level.
- Introduction to Cordel [PDF, 87 KB]
Sample Titles from the Library's Collections
The following links point to to bibliographic records in the Library of Congress Online Catalog.
Pamphlets
- O impeachment de Dilma Rousseff
- Origem da Literatura de Cordel e a sua Expressão de Cultura nas Letras de Nosso Pais
Audio Recordings of Repentistas
- O desafio do repente: final do 1o. Campeonato Brasileiro de Poetas Repentistas
- 31o. Festival de Repende 2 a 4 de de dezembro/2004, Praça do Xamegão, Cajazeiras/PB
- Desafio dos sexos
Moving Images
- No visgo do improviso, ou, A peleja virtual entre cibercultura e tradição: comunicação e midia digital nas poéticas de oralidade
- Cordel Encantado
Cataloging Tools
- Standardized Subject Terms [PDF, 325 KB]
- Bibliographic Record Template [PDF, 45 KB]
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Last Updated: January 19, 2018
