Regional literature and the transmission of culture : Chinese drum ballads, 1800-1937
by
 
Wan, Margaret B., author.

Title
Regional literature and the transmission of culture : Chinese drum ballads, 1800-1937
 
Harvard East Asian monographs;
 
Harvard East Asian monographs ;

Author
Wan, Margaret B., author.

ISBN
9780674241183

Personal Author
Wan, Margaret B., author.

Physical Description
xxii, 434 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series
Harvard East Asian monographs; 426.
 
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 426.

Contents
Drum ballads as regional literature -- Audiences and reading practices: the eye and the ear -- Imagining region: space in the ballads -- Court case ballads: popular ideals of justice -- Legends, media and the transmission of ideas -- Drum ballads in Shanghai: the shift to national culture.

Abstract
"Provides a richly textured picture of cultural transmission in China during the Qing and early Republican eras. Drum ballad texts (guci) evoke one of the most popular performance traditions of their day, opening up surprising new perspectives on vital topics in Chinese literature and history"--Provided by publisher.

Subject Term
Folklore -- China.
 
Ethnomusicology -- China.
 
Drum -- Performance -- China.
 
Ballads, Chinese -- History.
 
Acculturation -- China -- History.
 
Popular literature -- China -- History.

Geographic Term
China -- Civilization.

Bibliographical References
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Field 805
npmlib 10902038 GR335 W1663 ysh


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