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Record Nr.

UNINA9910866398203321

Titolo

Chinese Folklore Studies Today : Discourse and Practice / / Lijun Zhang; Ziying You

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, 2019

©2019

ISBN

0-253-04412-X

0-253-04410-3

0-253-04411-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

YouZiying

ZhangLijun

Disciplina

320.5409471

Soggetti

Folklore - China

Folklore - Study and teaching - China

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword / Chao Gejin -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: History and Trends of Chinese Folklore Studies / Lijun Zhang and Ziying You -- 1. Disciplinary Tradition, Everyday Life, and Childbirth Negotiation: The Past and Present of Chinese Urban Folklore Studies / Yongyi Yue, Translated by Wenyuan Shao and Yuanhao Zhao -- 2. From "Women" to "Female Folklore Practitioners": The History and Current Trend of Women's Folklore Studies in China / Junxia Wang -- 3. A Semiotics of Song: Fusing Lyrical and Social Narrativesin Contemporary China / Levi S. Gibbs -- 4. Contested Myth, History, and Beliefs: Remaking Yao and Shun's Stories in Hongtong, Shanxi / Ziying You -- 5. Institutional Practice of Heritage-Making: The Transformation of Tulou from Residencesto UNESCO World Heritage Site / Lijun Zhang -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Chinese folklorists are well acquainted with the work of their English-language colleagues, but until recently the same could not be said about American scholars' knowledge of Chinese folkloristics. 'Chinese Folklore Studies Today' aims to address this knowledge gap by



illustrating the dynamics of contemporary folklore studies in China as seen through the eyes of the up-and-coming generation of scholars. Contributors to this volume focuses on topics that have long been the dominant areas of folklore studies in China, including myth, folk song, and cultural heritage, as well as topics that are new to the field, such as urban folklore and women's folklore. The ethnographic case studies presented here represent a broad range of geographic areas within mainland China and also introduce English-language readers to relevant Chinese literature on each topic, creating the foundation for further cross-cultural collaborations between English-language and Chinese folkloristics.