Oral Tradition (journal)

Oral Tradition
DisciplineMultidisciplinary humanities, Folklore
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History1986–present
FrequencyBi-annual
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Oral Tradit.
Indexing
ISSN0883-5365
Links

Oral Tradition is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1986 by John Miles Foley covering studies in oral tradition and related fields. As well as essays treating certifiably oral traditions, the journal presents investigations of the relationships between oral and written traditions, accounts of important fieldwork, and transcriptions and translations of oral texts. Oral Tradition periodically publishes special issues devoted to specific conceptual topics and regional traditions, and it often includes audiovisual materials in the form of companions linked to individual articles. The publication spans a number of academic fields and disciplines, including, folklore, cultural anthropology, social anthropology, ethnography, ethnomusicology, linguistics, classics, and comparative literature.