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Regional literature and the transmission of culture : Chinese drum ballads, 1800-1937
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
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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.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 10902038 GR335 W1663 ysh
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