The wealth of the poor

Abstract

The concept of hybridisation or mixture is developed on the basics of a set of three examples taken from the oral and written traditions of folk literature of the Northeast of Brazil. the first one is concerned with the adaptation of traditional stories to the medium of the folheto. The second one, also taken from a folheto relates to the theme of "utopia". Finally, the third example analyses a canonical procedure in the genre of cantoria de viola, namely that of the structuring of the baião de aniversário. Hybridisation makes it possible to consider Brazilian folk culture as a contemporary activity.