ISBN:
9780674241183
Language:
English
Pages:
XXII, 434 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Harvard East Asian monographs 426
Series Statement:
Harvard East Asian monographs
DDC:
398.20951
Keywords:
Folklore
;
Ethnomusicology
;
Drum Performance
;
Ballads, Chinese History
;
Acculturation History
;
Popular literature History
;
China Civilization
;
China
;
Außereuropäische Kultur
;
Volkskunde
;
Regionalliteratur
;
Trommel
;
Ballade
;
Ethnologie
;
Geschichte 1800-1937
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
